Job 36:27
25 Every man may see it; man may behold it afar off.
26 Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.
For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof:
28 Which the clouds do drop and distil upon man abundantly.
29 Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle?
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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 covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.
Read in contextJob 5:9
Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:
Read in contextPsalms 148:8
Fire, and hail; snow, and vapour; stormy wind fulfilling his word:
Read in contextJob 38:25–28
Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;
Read in contextPsalms 65:9–13
Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it.
Read in contextGenesis 2:5–6
And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.
Read in contextJob 38:34
Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?
Read in contextIsaiah 5:6
And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
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