Job 36:28

What does Job 36:28 mean?

A plain-English look at Job 36:28 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Which the skies pour down And drop upon man abundantly.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Which the clouds do drop and distil upon man abundantly.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Which the skies pour down And drop upon man abundantly.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Flowing down from the sky, and dropping on the peoples.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Which clouds do drop, They distil on man abundantly.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Which flow from the clouds that cover all above.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Which the skies pour down [and] drop upon man abundantly.

Context

v.27For he draweth up the drops of water, Which distil in rain from his vapor,

v.28This passage

v.29Yea, can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, The thunderings of his pavilion?

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Proverbs 3:20

    By his knowledge the depths were broken up, And the skies drop down the dew.

  • Job 37:11

    Yea, he ladeth the thick cloud with moisture; He spreadeth abroad the cloud of his lightning:

  • Genesis 7:11

    In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.

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