Job 36:28
26 Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.
27 For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof:
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?
30 Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom 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 depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.
Read in contextGenesis 7:11–12
In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
Read in contextJob 37:11–13
Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud:
Read in context