Job 36:27

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

biblegateway Job 36:27

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

biblegateway Job 36:27

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

biblegateway Job 36:27

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

biblegateway Job 36:27

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

SABDAweb Job 36:27

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

bibleoremus Job 36:27

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

biblegateway Job 36:27

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

biblegateway Job 36:27

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

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.