Job 36:28
26 Indeed, God is great—beyond our knowledge; the number of His years is unsearchable.
27 For He draws up drops of water which distill the rain from the mist,
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?
30 See how He scatters His lightning around Him and covers the depths of the sea.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- which the clouds pour out and shower abundantly on mankind.
- KJV
- Which the clouds do drop and distil upon man abundantly.
- WEB
- which the skies pour down and which drop on man abundantly.
- ASV
- Which the skies pour down And drop upon man abundantly.
- DARBY
- Which the skies pour down [and] drop upon man abundantly.
- BLB
- which the clouds pour down; they drop upon man in abundance.
- ÅB
- fra skyene strømmer det og drypper ned over mange mennesker.
- OTB
- skyene heller ut sin fuktighet,
og rikelige regnskyll faller over menneskene. - B1930
- fra skyene strømmer det og drypper ned over mange mennesker.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 3:20
By His knowledge the watery depths were broken open, and the clouds dripped with dew.
Read in contextGenesis 7:11–12
In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.
Read in contextJob 37:11–13
He loads the clouds with moisture; He scatters His lightning through them.
Read in context