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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• 8He covereth the heaven with clouds,{HR}He provideth rain for the earth,{HR}He causeth mountains to bring forth grass,
 9Giving to cattle their food,{HR}To young (sons of) 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,{HR}{i}Marvelous things without number{/i}; (Job 5:9)
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Job 38:25‑28,34• 25Who divideth watercourses for the torrents,{HR}Or a way for the lightning of thunder,
 26To cause it to rain on the land [where is] no man.{HR}The wilderness wherein [is] no man,
 27To satisfy the desolate and waste,{HR}And to make the place of the green herb to sprout?
 28Hath the rain a father?{HR}Or who begetteth the drops of dew?
 34Canst thou apply thy voice to the cloud,{HR}And abundance of water shall 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 Jehovah Elohim had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was no man to till the ground,
 6but a mist went up from the earth and moistened all the surface of the ground. (Gen. 2:5‑6)
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Psa. 65:9‑13• 9Thou hast visited the earth and watered it greatly wilt thou enrich it:{HR}The river of God is full of water;{HR}Thou preparest their corn,{HR}For so thou preparest it (the earth).
 10Its furrows thou dost water,{HR}Thou dost break down its ridges;{HR}With showers thou wilt soften it;{HR}Its springing thou wilt bless.
 11Thou crownest the year [with] thy goodness,{HR}And thy paths drop fatness.
 12They drop [on] the pastures of the wilderness,{HR}And the hills are girded with joy.
 13The sheep-walks are clothed with the sheep,{HR}And the valleys are covered with corn;{HR}They shout for joy, yea, they sing. (Psa. 65:9‑13)
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Isa. 5:6• 6and 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. (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 thou not he, Jehovah 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 of it announceth concerning him,{HR}Store of wrath against perversity. (Job 36:33)
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Psa. 148:8• 8Fire and hail, snow and vapour,{HR}Stormy wind doing 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."

W. Kelly Translation

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When he draineth off the drops of water,{HR}They condense into rain in place of its mist,