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Job 36:28
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which the clouds pour outand shower abundantly on mankind.
Which the skies pour down And drop on man abundantly.
Which the clouds do drop and distil upon man abundantly.
which the skies pour down and drop on mankind abundantly.
The rain then pours down from the clouds, and showers fall on people.
which the clouds pour down and shower on humankind abundantly.
Which the clouds pour down, They drop abundantly upon mankind."
Which clouds pour down; They drip upon mankind abundantly.
Which the skies pour down And drop on man abundantly.
Which raine the cloudes do droppe and let fall abundantly vpon man.
Which the clouds pour down,They drip upon man abundantly.
which the clouds pour out and shower abundantly on mankind.
and supplies us with rain.
The clouds pour it down upon humankind in abundance.
Which the skies pour down [and] drop upon man abundantly.
And which the clouds pour down upon men, and cause them to be exceedingly glad;
He lets the rain pour from the clouds in showers for all human beings.
which the clouds pour down; they shower abundantly on human beings.
which the clouds drip down, and drop upon men plentifully.
together for to rayne, so that they poure downe and droppe vpon men.
Which the skies pour down And drop upon man abundantly.
Flowing down from the sky, and dropping on the peoples.
Which the skies pour down and drop upon the multitudes of men.
Which the clouds doe drop, and distill vpon man aboundantly.
Which rayne the cloudes do droppe, and let fall aboundantly vpon men.
The ancient heavens shall flow, and the clouds overshadow innumerable mortals: he has fixed a time to cattle, and they know the order of rest. Yet by all these things thy understanding is not astonished, neither is thy mind disturbed in thy body.
Which the skies pour down and drop upon man abundantly.
whiche comen doun of the cloudis, that hilen alle thingis aboue.
Which the skies pour down and drop on man abundantly.
Which the clouds do drop [and] distill upon man abundantly.
Which the clouds drop down And pour abundantly on man.
The rain pours down from the clouds, and everyone benefits.
which the clouds pour down. Much rain falls on man.
which the skies pour down and drop upon mortals abundantly.
With which the clouds flow down, They drop on man in abundance.
Which flow from the clouds that cover all above.
which the skies pour down, and drop upon man abundantly.
Which clouds do drop, They distil on man abundantly.
Which the clouds pour down, They drip upon man abundantly.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Job 37:11-13, Genesis 7:11, Genesis 7:12, Proverbs 3:20
Reciprocal: Job 38:25 - General Jeremiah 5:24 - that giveth
Cross-References
There was a man named Job who lived in the country of Uz. He was a good, honest man. He respected God and refused to do evil.
I also made all the Arabs and all the kings of the land of Uz drink from the cup. I made all the kings of the land of the Philistines drink from the cup. These were the kings of the cities of Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and what remains of the city Ashdod.
Be happy, people of Edom. Be happy, you who live in the land of Uz. But remember, the cup of the Lord's anger will come around to you too. When you drink from that cup, you will get drunk and strip off all your clothes.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Which the clouds do drop [and] distil upon man abundantly. Not upon the persons of men, which they take care as much as possible to shun and avoid, but upon the fields of men, and so for the profit and advantage of men; and this denotes both the gentle manner in which the clouds let down rain, and the liberal profusion of them; they let it down both in an easy and plentiful manner, and upon an abundance of men, or upon an abundance of fields and lands belonging to men; though sometimes rain falls upon the wilderness, where no man is, Job 38:26. The Targum is,
"at the prayer of a son of a great man,''
or at the prayer of a man that has great interest with God; that is famous for his faith and piety, as Elijah was, to whom perhaps the Targumist may have respect. The rain is an emblem of the word of God, the Gospel of Christ, which drops and distils on the souls of men like rain, and refreshes them, and makes them fruitful; and is dispensed by the ministers of it, who are compared to clouds, according to the measure of the gift of grace received by them, and that freely and fully as they have received it.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Upon man abundantly - That is, upon many people. The clouds having received the ascending vapor, retain it, and pour it down copiously for the use of man. The arrangement, to the eye even of one who did not understand the scientific principles by which it is done, is beautiful and wonderful; the beauty and wonder are increased when the laws by which it is accomplished are understood. Elihu does not attempt to explain the mode by which this is done. The fact was probably all that was then understood, and that was sufficient for his purpose. The Septuagint has given a translation of this verse which cannot be well accounted for, and which is certainly very unlike the original. It is, “But when the clouds east a shade over the dumb creation, he impresseth a care on beasts, and they know the order for retiring to rest - κοίτης τάξιν koitēs taxin. At all these things is not their understanding confounded? And is not thy heart starting from thy body?”
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Job 36:28. Which the clouds do drop — In proportion to the evaporation will be the clouds or masses of volatilized and suspended vapour; 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?"
