Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
They distill rain from
King James Version
For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof:
Holman Bible
they distill the rain into its
International Standard Version
He draws up drops of water, distilling it to rain and mist.
A Conservative Version
For he draws up the drops of water, which distil in rain from his vapor,
American Standard Version
For he draweth up the drops of water, Which distil in rain from his vapor,
Amplified
“For He draws up the drops of water,
They distill rain from the mist,
Bible in Basic English
For he takes up the drops from the sea; he sends them through his mist as rain,
Darby Translation
For he draweth up the drops of water: they distil in rain from the vapour which he formeth,
Julia Smith Translation
For he will withhold the drops of water: they will pour out rain for its vapor.
King James 2000
For he makes small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to its vapor:
Lexham Expanded Bible
Indeed, he draws up [the] drops of water; he distills [the] rain into its mist,
Modern King James verseion
For He draws up the drops of water; they distill rain into mist,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
He turneth the water to small drops, he driveth his clouds
NET Bible
He draws up drops of water; they distill the rain into its mist,
New Heart English Bible
For he draws up the drops of water, which distill in rain from his vapor,
The Emphasized Bible
For he draweth up drops of water, They trickle as rain through his mist;
Webster
For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapor of it.
World English Bible
For he draws up the drops of water, which distill in rain from his vapor,
Youngs Literal Translation
When He doth diminish droppings of the waters, They refine rain according to its vapour,
Themes
Clouds » Power and wisdom of God exhibited in condensing
Topics
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 36:27
Verse Info
Context Readings
Elihu Extols God's Greatness
26
How great is God! He is beyond our understanding! The number of his years is past finding out.
27
They distill rain from
Names
Cross References
Psalm 147:8
He covers the sky with clouds. He provides rain for the ground. He makes grass grow on the mountains.
Genesis 2:5-6
No shrub of the field had yet appeared on the earth. No plant of the field had yet sprung up, for Jehovah God had not sent rain on the earth. There was no man to work the ground.
Job 5:9
He does great things that we cannot understand and miracles that we cannot count.
Job 36:33
His thunder announces the coming storm. Even the cattle make known its approach.
Job 38:25-28
Who cuts a channel for the torrents of rain, and a path for the thunderstorm?
Job 38:34
Can you raise your voice to the clouds and cover yourself with a flood of water?
Psalm 65:9-13
You visit the earth and cause it to overflow. You greatly enrich it! The stream of God is full of water. You prepare their grain and thus you prepare the earth.
Psalm 148:8
Praise him lightning and hail, snow and fog, strong winds that obey his commands.
Isaiah 5:6
It will turn into a desert, neither pruned nor cultivated. It will be covered with thorns and briars. I will command the clouds not to send rain.
Jeremiah 14:22
The valueless gods of the nations cannot make it rain. The skies cannot give showers by themselves. But you can, O Jehovah our God. We hope in you because you do all these things.