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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 heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.
 9He giveth to the beast his food, and 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• 9Which 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 watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;
 26To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;
 27To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?
 28Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
 34Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee? (Job 38:25‑28,34)
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Gen. 2:5‑6• 5And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the Lord God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.
 6But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground. (Gen. 2:5‑6)
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Psa. 65:9‑13• 9Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it.
 10Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the furrows thereof: 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 little hills rejoice on every side.
 13The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing. (Psa. 65:9‑13)
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Isa. 5:6• 6And 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. (Isa. 5:6)
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Jer. 14:22• 22Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O Lord our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these things. (Jer. 14:22)
the vapour.
Job 36:33• 33The noise thereof showeth concerning it, the cattle also concerning the vapor. (Job 36:33)
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Psa. 148:8• 8Fire, and hail; snow, and vapor; 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."