36:27 He draws up drops of water;
they distill 1 the rain into its mist, 2
36:28 which the clouds pour down
and shower on humankind abundantly.
1 tn The verb means “to filter; to refine,” and so a plural subject with the drops of water as the subject will not work. So many read the singular, “he distills.”
2 tn This word עֵד (’ed) occurs also in Gen 2:6. The suggestion has been that instead of a mist it represents an underground watercourse that wells up to water the ground.