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Job 36:27 Cross-References
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“For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof:”
Job 36:27 (KJV)
Commentary on Job 36:27
For he maketh small the drops of water (כִּי יְגָרַע נִטְפֵי־מָיִם, ki yegara nitpei-mayim)—The verb gara (גָּרַע, "to diminish, withdraw") and noun neteph (נֶטֶף, drop) describe God drawing up water particles. This is ancient description of the water cycle: evaporation. The phrase they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof (יָזֹקּוּ מָטָר לְאֵדוֹ, yazoqqu matar le-edo) uses zuq (זוּק, "to pour out, filter") and ed (אֵד, mist, vapor). Elihu describes condensation and precipitation—God's control over meteorological processes. This anticipates modern understanding of evaporation-condens...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Job 36:27
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“who prepares rain for the earth”
“or the path for the thunderstorm;”
“marvelous things without number;”
“and water it. You greatly enrich it. The river of God is full of water. You provide them grain”
“snow and clouds; stormy wind”
“and no herb of the field had yet sprung up; for Yahweh God had not caused it to rain on the earth. There was not a man to till the ground”
“but it will grow briers and thorns. I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain on it.,And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it., וַאֲשִׁיתֵהוּ בָתָה לֹא יִזָּמֵר וְלֹא יֵעָדֵר וְעָלָה שָׁמִיר וָשָׁיִת וְעַל הֶעָבִים אֲצַוֶּה מֵהַמְטִיר עָלָיו מָטָר׃ ,And I will lay it waste: It shall not be pruned nor hoed, But there shall come up briers and thorns; I will also command the clouds That they rain no rain upon it.,νῦν δὲ ἀναγγελῶ ὑμῖν τί ποιήσω τῷ ἀμπελῶνί μου ἀφελῶ τὸν φραγμὸν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἔσται εἰς διαρπαγήν καὶ καθελῶ τὸν τοῖχον αὐτοῦ καὶ ἔσται εἰς καταπάτημα,And I will forsake my vineyard; and it shall not be pruned, nor dug, and thorns shall come up upon it as on barren land; and I will command the clouds to rain no rain upon it.,,,,”
“and the livestock also concerning the storm that comes up.”
“Yahweh our God? therefore we will wait for you; for you have made all these things.”