Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
For He draws up the drops of water; they distill rain into mist,
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 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 Behold, God is great, and we do not know; the number of His years cannot be searched out. 27 For He draws up the drops of water; they distill rain into mist, 28 which the clouds pour down and drop on man plentifully.
Names
Cross References
Psalm 147:8
who covers the heavens with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow on the mountains.
Genesis 2:5-6
And every shrub of the field was not yet on the earth, and every plant of the field had not yet sprung up, for Jehovah God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was no man to till the ground.
Job 5:9
Who is doing great things, even beyond searching; marvelous things without number,
Job 36:33
its thunder declares concerning Him, and the cattle, concerning what is coming.
Job 38:25-28
Who has cut a channel for the flood, or a way for the thunderclaps;
Job 38:34
Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, so that floods of waters may cover you?
Psalm 65:9-13
You visit the earth and water it; You greatly enrich it; the river of God is full of water; You provide their grain, for in this way You have prepared it.
Psalm 148:8
fire and hail, snow and vapor, stormy wind fulfilling His Word,
Isaiah 5:6
and I will lay it waste; it shall not be pruned nor dug; but briers and thorns shall come up. And I will command the clouds that they rain no rain on it.
Jeremiah 14:22
Are there any among the vanities of the nations who make rain fall? Or can the heavens give showers? Is it not You, O Jehovah our God? Then we will wait on You; for You do all these things.