Parallel Verses
NET Bible
He draws up drops of water; they distill the rain into its 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 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
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 "Yes, God is great -- beyond our knowledge! The number of his years is unsearchable. 27 He draws up drops of water; they distill the rain into its mist, 28 which the clouds pour down and shower on humankind abundantly.
Names
Cross References
Psalm 147:8
He covers the sky with clouds, provides the earth with rain, and causes grass to grow on the hillsides.
Genesis 2:5-6
Now no shrub of the field had yet grown on the earth, and no plant of the field had yet sprouted, for the Lord God had not caused it to rain on the earth, and there was no man to cultivate the ground.
Job 5:9
He does great and unsearchable things, marvelous things without number;
Job 36:33
His thunder announces the coming storm, the cattle also, concerning the storm's approach.
Job 38:25-28
Who carves out a channel for the heavy rains, and a path for the rumble of thunder,
Job 38:34
Can you raise your voice to the clouds so that a flood of water covers you?
Psalm 65:9-13
You visit the earth and give it rain; you make it rich and fertile with overflowing streams full of water. You provide grain for them, for you prepare the earth to yield its crops.
Psalm 148:8
O fire and hail, snow and clouds, O stormy wind that carries out his orders,
Isaiah 5:6
I will make it a wasteland; no one will prune its vines or hoe its ground, and thorns and briers will grow there. I will order the clouds not to drop any rain on it.
Jeremiah 14:22
Do any of the worthless idols of the nations cause rain to fall? Do the skies themselves send showers? Is it not you, O Lord our God, who does this? So we put our hopes in you because you alone do all this."