Job 36:27

NETBible

He draws up drops of water; they distill 1  the rain into its mist, 2 

NIV ©

"He draws up the drops of water, which distil as rain to the streams;

NASB ©

"For He draws up the drops of water, They distill rain from the mist,

NLT ©

He draws up the water vapor and then distills it into rain.

MSG ©

"He pulls water up out of the sea, distills it, and fills up his rain-cloud cisterns.

BBE ©

For he takes up the drops from the sea; he sends them through his mist as rain,

NRSV ©

For he draws up the drops of water; he distills his mist in rain,

NKJV ©

For He draws up drops of water, Which distill as rain from the mist,

KJV
For he maketh small
<01639> (8762)
the drops
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of water
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they pour down
<02212> (8799)
rain
<04306>
according to the vapour
<0108>
thereof:
NASB ©
"For He draws
<1639>
up the drops
<5198>
of water
<4325>
, They distill
<2212>
rain
<4306>
from the mist
<108>
,
LXXM
ariymhtai
<705> 
V-PMS-3S
de
<1161> 
PRT
autw
<846> 
D-DSM
stagonev {N-NPF} uetou
<5205> 
N-GSM
kai
<2532> 
CONJ
epicuyhsontai
<2022> 
V-FPI-3P
uetw
<5205> 
N-DSM
eiv
<1519> 
PREP
nefelhn
<3507> 
N-ASF
NET [draft] ITL
He draws up
<01639>
drops
<05198>
of water
<04325>
; they distill
<02212>
the rain
<04306>
into its mist
<0108>
,
HEBREW
wdal
<0108>
rjm
<04306>
wqzy
<02212>
Mym
<04325>
ypjn
<05198>
ergy
<01639>
yk (36:27)
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NETBible

He draws up drops of water; they distill 1  the rain into its mist, 2 

NET Notes

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.