Job 36:27 “For He draws up drops of water which distill the rain from the mist,”

Job 36:27

For He draws up drops of water which distill the rain from the mist,

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof:

World English Bible

For he draws up the drops of water, which distill in rain from his vapor,

American Standard Version

For he draweth up the drops of water, Which distil in rain from his vapor,

Geneva Bible 1599

When he restraineth the droppes of water, the rayne powreth down by the vapour thereof,

Darby Translation

For he draweth up the drops of water: they distil in rain from the vapour which he formeth,

Young's Literal Translation

When He doth diminish droppings of the waters, They refine rain according to its vapour,

Bible in Basic English

For he takes up the drops from the sea; he sends them through his mist as rain,

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Cross references

“he”

Job 5:9 Job 38:25–28 Psalm 65:9–13 Job 38:34 Isaiah 5:6 Jeremiah 14:22

Job 5:9 · BSB

the One who does great and unsearchable things, wonders without number.

Job 38:25–28 · BSB

Who cuts a channel for the flood or clears a path for the thunderbolt,

Psalm 65:9–13 · BSB

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.

Job 38:34 · BSB

Can you command the clouds so that a flood of water covers you?

Isaiah 5:6 · BSB

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.”

Jeremiah 14:22 · BSB

Can the worthless idols of the nations bring rain? Do the skies alone send showers? Is this not by You, O LORD our God? So we put our hope in You, for You have done all these things.

“the vapour”

Psalm 148:8 Job 36:33

Psalm 148:8 · BSB

lightning and hail, snow and clouds, powerful wind fulfilling His word,

Job 36:33 · BSB

The thunder declares His presence; even the cattle regard the rising storm.

Also

Psalm 147:8

Psalm 147:8 · BSB

who covers the sky with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow on the hills.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

26Indeed, God is great—beyond our knowledge; the number of His years is unsearchable.

28which the clouds pour out and shower abundantly on mankind.

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