Job 36:27 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

He collects drops of water. He distills rain from his mist,(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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

ASV:

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

BBE:

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

DBY:

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

ERV:

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

JPS:

For He draweth away the drops of water, which distil rain from His vapour;

WBS:

For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapor of it.

WEB:

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

YLT:

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

Job 36:27 Cross References

XREF:

Job 5:10 "He gives rain on the earth And sends water on the fields,

Job 36:26 "Behold, God is exalted, and we do not know Him; The number of His years is unsearchable.

Job 37:6 "For to the snow He says, 'Fall on the earth,' And to the downpour and the rain, 'Be strong.'

Job 37:11 "Also with moisture He loads the thick cloud; He disperses the cloud of His lightning.

Job 38:28 "Has the rain a father? Or who has begotten the drops of dew?

Psalm 147:8 Who covers the heavens with clouds, Who provides rain for the earth, Who makes grass to grow on the mountains. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

36:27 For he maketh small the drops of water: they {s} pour down rain according to the vapour thereof:
(s) That is, the rain comes from those drops of water which he keeps in the clouds.

WES:

36:27 For - Having affirmed that God's works are incomprehensibly great and glorious, he now proves it from the most common works of nature and providence. And hence he leaves it to Job to consider how much more deep and inconceivable the secret counsels of God must be. Water - He orders matters so wisely, that the waters which are in the clouds, do not fall down at once in spouts, which would be pernicious to the earth and to mankind; but by degrees, and in drops. According - According to the proportion of vapours which the heat of the sun hath drawn up by the earth or sea. So it notes that great work of God by which the rain is first made of vapours, and afterwards resolved into vapours, or into the matter of succeeding vapours, by a constant rotation.

MHC:

36:24-33 Elihu endeavours to fill Job with high thought of God, and so to persuade him into cheerful submission to his providence. Man may see God's works, and is capable of discerning his hand in them, which the beasts are not, therefore they ought to give him the glory. But while the worker of iniquity ought to tremble, the true believer should rejoice. Children should hear with pleasure their Father's voice, even when he speaks in terror to his enemies. There is no light but there may be a cloud to intercept it. The light of the favour of God, the light of his countenance, the most blessed light of all, even that light has many a cloud. The clouds of our sins cause the Lord to his face, and hinder the light of his loving-kindness from shining on our souls.

CONC:

Diminish Distil Distill Distils Draweth Draws Droppings Drops Formeth Maketh Mist Pour Rain Refine Sends Streams Takes Thereof Vapor Vapour Waters

Diminish Distil Distill Draweth Draws Droppings Drops Formeth Maketh Mist Pour Rain Refine Sea Sends Small Streams Thereof Vapor Vapour Water Waters

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