Job 36:27
For He draws up drops of water which distill the rain from the mist,
BSB
ASV
For he draweth up the drops of water, Which distil in rain from his vapor,
KJV
For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof:
For he maketh small the drops of water - Elihu now appeals, as he proposed to do, to the works of God, and begins with what appeared so remarkable and inexplicable, the wisdom of God in the rain and the dew, the tempest and the vapor. That which excited his wonder was, the fact in regard to the suspension of water in the clouds, and the distilling of it on the earth in the form of rain and dew.
For - Having affirmed that God's works are incomprehensibly great and glorious, he now proves it from the most common works of nature and providence. And hence he leaves it to Job to consider how much more deep and inconceivable the secret counsels of God must be.
So just the heavens are to the earth, but the earth is not so in the return it makes. (7.) The produce of the clouds is sometimes a great terror, and at other times a great favour, to the earth,
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
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Job 5:9the One who does great and unsearchable things, wonders without number.
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Many, O LORD my God, are the wonders You have done, and the plans You have for us— none can compare to You— if I proclaim and declare them, they are more than I…
He does great things beyond searching out, and wonders without number.
Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who alone does marvelous deeds.
For You are great and perform wonders; You alone are God.
Can you fathom the deep things of God or discover the limits of the Almighty?
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Psalms 148:8lightning and hail, snow and clouds, powerful wind fulfilling His word,
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He sends forth His command to the earth; His word runs swiftly.
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Psalms 147:8who covers the sky with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow on the hills.
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He gives rain to the earth and sends water upon the fields.
You attend to the earth and water it; with abundance You enrich it. The streams of God are full of water, for You prepare our grain by providing for the earth.