Job 36 · Verse 28

Job 36:28

Which the clouds do drop and distil upon man abundantly.
Job 36:28, King James Version

Job 36:28 in other translations

BSBwhich the clouds pour out and shower abundantly on mankind.
WEBwhich the skies pour down and which drop on man abundantly.
ASVWhich the skies pour down And drop upon man abundantly.
YLTWhich clouds do drop, They distil on man abundantly.
DARBYWhich the skies pour down and drop upon man abundantly.
BBEFlowing down from the sky, and dropping on the peoples.
WebsterWhich the clouds do drop and distill upon man abundantly.

What does Job 36:28 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Job 36:27-28

27-28. The marvellous formation of rain (so Job 5:9, 10). maketh small--Rather, "He draweth (up) to Him, He attracts (from the earth below) the drops of water; they (the drops of water) pour down rain, (which is) His vapor." "Vapor" is in apposition with "rain," marking the way in which rain is formed; namely, from the vapor drawn up by God into the air and then condensed into drops, which fall (Psa 147:8). The…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 28 Which the clouds do drop - In proportion to the evaporation will be the clouds or masses of volatilized and suspended vapor; and in proportion to this will be the quantum of rain which in different forms will fall upon the earth. There is a remarkable addition to this verse in the Septuagint. I shall insert the whole verse: Ῥυησονται παλαιωματα, εσκιασε δε νεφη επι αμυθητῳ βροτῳ· ὡραν εθετο κτηνεσιν, οιδασι δε κοιτης ταξιν· επι τουτοις πασιν ουκ εξισταται σου ἡ διανοια, ουδε διαλλασσεται σου ἡ καρδια απο σωματος; "The rains descend, and the clouds cover with their shadows multitudes of men: he hath appointed to animals to know the order of their dwellings. At the contemplation of these things is not thy mind transported, and thy heart ready to part from thy body?"

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 36:24-33

Elihu endeavours to fill Job with high thought of God, and so to persuade him into cheerful submission to his providence. Man may see God's works, and is capable of discerning his hand in them, which the beasts are not, therefore they ought to give him the glory. But while the worker of iniquity ought to tremble, the true believer should rejoice. Children should hear with pleasure their Father's voice, even when he…

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Job 36:28 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

אֲשֶֽׁר\־'a.Sher-whichH834
יִזְּל֥וּyi.ze.Luthey flowH5140
שְׁחָקִ֑יםshe.cha.Kim[the] cloudsH7834
יִ֝רְעֲפ֗וּyir.'a.Futhey dripH7491
עֲלֵ֤י\׀'a.LeionH5921
אָדָ֬ם'a.DamhumankindH120
רָֽב\׃RavnumerousH7227

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 36:28

  • Proverbs 3:20

    By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.

  • Genesis 7:11-12

    In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.

  • Job 37:11-13

    Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud: And it is turned round about by his counsels: that they may do whatsoever he commandeth them upon the face of the world in the earth. He causeth it to come, whether for correction, or for his land, or for mercy.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
37:11-13; Ge 7:11,12; Pr 3:20

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Job 36:27

    For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof:

  • Job 36:28

    Which the clouds do drop and distil upon man abundantly.

  • Job 36:29

    Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle?

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Job 36:28 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Las cuales destilan las nubes, goteando en abundancia sobre los hombres.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Que les nuages font couler; ils tombent en gouttes sur les hommes, abondamment.
German
Elberfelder 1871		den die Wolken rieseln und tropfen lassen auf viele Menschen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		qui de nubibus fluunt quæ prætexunt cuncta desuper.