Job 36:27
25 All mankind has seen it; men behold it from afar.
26 Indeed, God is great—beyond our knowledge; the number of His years is unsearchable.
For He draws up drops of water which distill the rain from the mist,
28 which the clouds pour out and shower abundantly on mankind.
29 Furthermore, who can understand how the clouds spread out, how the thunder roars from His pavilion?
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For He draws up drops of water which distill the rain from the mist,
- KJV
- For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof:
- WEB
- For he draws up the drops of water, which distill in rain from his vapor,
- ASV
- For he draweth up the drops of water, Which distil in rain from his vapor,
- DARBY
- For he draweth up the drops of water: they distil in rain from the vapour which he formeth,
- BLB
- For He draws up drops of water; they distill as rain from the mist,
- ÅB
- han drar vanndråper opp til seg, og av tåken siler regnet ned;
- OTB
- For Han trekker opp vanndråpene,
som destillerer som regn fra de himmelske strømmer, - B1930
- han drar vanndråper op til sig, og av tåken siler regnet ned;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 147:8
who covers the sky with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow on the hills.
Read in contextJob 5:9
the One who does great and unsearchable things, wonders without number.
Read in contextPsalms 148:8
lightning and hail, snow and clouds, powerful wind fulfilling His word,
Read in contextJob 38:25–28
Who cuts a channel for the flood or clears a path for the thunderbolt,
Read in contextPsalms 65:9–13
You attend to the earth and water it; with abundance You enrich it. The streams of God are full of water, for You prepare our grain by providing for the earth.
Read in contextGenesis 2:5–6
Now no shrub of the field had yet appeared on the earth, nor had any plant of the field sprouted; for the LORD God had not yet sent rain upon the earth, and there was no man to cultivate the ground.
Read in contextJob 38:34
Can you command the clouds so that a flood of water covers you?
Read in contextIsaiah 5:6
I will make it a wasteland, neither pruned nor cultivated, and thorns and briers will grow up. I will command the clouds that rain shall not fall on it.”
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