27 For He (A)draws up drops of water,
Which distill as rain from the mist,
28 (B)Which the clouds drop down
And pour abundantly on man.
29 Indeed, can anyone understand the spreading of clouds,
The thunder from His canopy?

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27 “He draws up the drops of water,(A)
    which distill as rain to the streams[a];(B)
28 the clouds pour down their moisture
    and abundant showers(C) fall on mankind.(D)
29 Who can understand how he spreads out the clouds,
    how he thunders(E) from his pavilion?(F)

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  1. Job 36:27 Or distill from the mist as rain

For (A)He says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth’;
Likewise to the [a]gentle rain and the heavy rain of His strength.
He seals the hand of every man,
(B)That (C)all men may know His work.
The beasts (D)go into dens,
And remain in their lairs.
From the chamber of the south comes the whirlwind,
And cold from the scattering winds of the north.
10 (E)By the breath of God ice is given,
And the broad waters are frozen.
11 Also with moisture He saturates the thick clouds;
He scatters His [b]bright clouds.

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  1. Job 37:6 Lit. shower of rain
  2. Job 37:11 clouds of light

He says to the snow,(A) ‘Fall on the earth,’
    and to the rain shower, ‘Be a mighty downpour.’(B)
So that everyone he has made may know his work,(C)
    he stops all people from their labor.[a](D)
The animals take cover;(E)
    they remain in their dens.(F)
The tempest comes out from its chamber,(G)
    the cold from the driving winds.(H)
10 The breath of God produces ice,
    and the broad waters become frozen.(I)
11 He loads the clouds with moisture;(J)
    he scatters his lightning(K) through them.(L)

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  1. Job 37:7 Or work, / he fills all people with fear by his power

26 To cause it to rain on a land where there is no one,
A wilderness in which there is no man;

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26 to water(A) a land where no one lives,
    an uninhabited desert,(B)

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