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Job 36

Job 36:27 KJV (With Strong’s)

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For he maketh small
gara` (Hebrew #1639)
to scrape off; by implication, to shave, remove, lessen, withhold
KJV usage: abate, clip, (di-)minish, do (take) away, keep back, restrain, make small, withdraw.
Pronounce: gaw-rah'
Origin: a primitive root
the drops
nataph (Hebrew #5198)
a drop; specifically, an aromatic gum (probably stacte)
KJV usage: drop, stacte.
Pronounce: naw-tawf'
Origin: from 5197
of water
mayim (Hebrew #4325)
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
KJV usage: + piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).
Pronounce: mah'-yim
Origin: dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense)
: they pour down
zaqaq (Hebrew #2212)
to strain, (figuratively) extract, clarify
KJV usage: fine, pour down, purge, purify, refine.
Pronounce: zaw-kak'
Origin: a primitive root
rain
matar (Hebrew #4306)
rain
KJV usage: rain.
Pronounce: maw-tawr'
Origin: from 4305
m according to the vapor
'ed (Hebrew #108)
a fog
KJV usage: mist, vapor.
Pronounce: ade
Origin: from the same as 181 (in the sense of enveloping)
thereof:
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Psa. 147:8‑9• 8Who covereth the heavens with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains;
 9Who giveth to the cattle their food, to the young ravens which cry. (Psa. 147:8‑9)

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Ministry on This Verse

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Job 5:9• 9Who doeth great things and unsearchable, marvellous things without number; (Job 5:9)
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Job 38:25‑28,34• 25Who hath divided a channel for the rain-flood, and a way for the thunder's flash;
 26To cause it to rain on the earth, where no one is; on the wilderness wherein there is not a man;
 27To satisfy the desolate and waste ground, and to cause the sprout of the grass to spring forth?
 28Hath the rain a father? or who begetteth the drops of dew?
 34Dost thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that floods of waters may cover thee? (Job 38:25‑28,34)
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Gen. 2:5‑6• 5and every shrub of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew; for Jehovah Elohim had not caused it to rain on the earth, and there was no man to till the ground.
 6But a mist went up from the earth, and moistened the whole surface of the ground. (Gen. 2:5‑6)
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Psa. 65:9‑13• 9Thou hast visited the earth, thou hast watered it; thou greatly enrichest it: the river of God is full of water; thou providest their corn, when thou hast so prepared it:
 10Thou dost satiate its furrows, thou smoothest its clods, thou makest it soft with showers; thou blessest the springing thereof.
 11Thou crownest the year with thy goodness, and thy paths drop fatness:
 12They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness, and the hills are girded with gladness.
 13The meadows are clothed with flocks, and the valleys are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, yea, they sing. (Psa. 65:9‑13)
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Isa. 5:6• 6and I will make it a waste--it shall not be pruned nor cultivated, but there shall come up briars and thorns; and I will command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it. (Isa. 5:6)
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Jer. 14:22• 22Are there any among the vanities of the nations that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? Art not thou HE, Jehovah, our God? And we wait upon thee; for thou hast made all these things. (Jer. 14:22)
the vapour.
Job 36:33• 33His thundering declareth concerning him; the cattle even, concerning its coming. (Job 36:33)
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Psa. 148:8• 8Fire and hail, snow and vapour, stormy wind fulfilling his word; (Psa. 148:8)
• Could modern science state more exactly the origin of the rain? (“Job 32-37” by S. Ridout)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

JND Translation Notes

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Lit "according to his vapour."