Job 36:27-28 | Clarke | e4.org | Verse 27. He maketh small the drops of water ] This appears simply to refer to evaporation , and perhaps it would be better to translate yegara , "he exhales;" detaches the smallest particles of the aqueous mass from the surface in order to form clouds , as reservoirs for the purpose of furnishing rain for the watering of the earth. God is seen in little things, as well as great things ; and the inconceivably little , as well as the stupendously great , are equally the work of Omnipotence . They pour down rain ] These exceedingly minute drops or vapour become collected in clouds ; and then, when agitated by winds , &c. many particles being united, they become too heavy to be sustained by the air in which they before were suspended, and so fall down in rain, which is either a mist , a drizzle , a shower , a storm, or a waterspout , according to the influence of different winds , or the presence and quantum of the electric fluid . And all this is proportioned, le-edo , "to its vapour," to the quantity of the fluid evaporated and condensed into clouds.

‏ Job 36:27-28

Verse 27. He maketh small the drops of water] This appears simply to refer to evaporation, and perhaps it would be better to translate yegara, "he exhales;" detaches the smallest particles of the aqueous mass from the surface in order to form clouds, as reservoirs for the purpose of furnishing rain for the watering of the earth. God is seen in little things, as well as great things; and the inconceivably little, as well as the stupendously great, are equally the work of Omnipotence.

They pour down rain] These exceedingly minute drops or vapour become collected in clouds; and then, when agitated by winds, &c. many particles being united, they become too heavy to be sustained by the air in which they before were suspended, and so fall down in rain, which is either a mist, a drizzle, a shower, a storm, or a waterspout, according to the influence of different winds, or the presence and quantum of the electric fluid. And all this is proportioned, le-edo, "to its vapour," to the quantity of the fluid evaporated and condensed into clouds.

Verse 28. Which the clouds do drop] In proportion to the evaporation will be the clouds or masses of volatilized and suspended vapour; and in proportion to this will be the quantum of rain which in different forms will fall upon the earth.

There is a remarkable addition to this verse in the Septuagint. I shall insert the whole verse: ρυησονταιπαλαιωματαεσκιασεδε νεφηεπιαμυθητωβροτωωρανεθετοκτηνεσινοιδασιδεκοιτης ταξινεπιτουτοιςπασινουκεξισταταισουηδιανοιαουδε διαλλασσεταισουηκαρδιααποσωματος; "The rains descend, and the clouds cover with their shadows multitudes of men: he hath appointed to animals to know the order of their dwellings. At the contemplation of these things is not thy mind transported, and thy heart ready to part from thy body?"