King James Version

Job 36:27

For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof:

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כִּ֭יkiassuredכִּיconjunction — “assured”H3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexedand, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + til…יְגָרַ֣עyegaraabateגָּרַעverb, piel, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “abate”, an unfinished actionH1639to scrape off; by implication, to shave, remove, lessen, withholdabate, clip, (di-) minish, do (take) away, keep back, restrain, make small, withdraw.נִטְפֵיnitfestacteנָטָףnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “stacte”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5198a drop; specifically, an aromatic gum (probably stacte)drop, stacte.מָ֑יִםmayimwaterמַיִםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “water”, the ordinary formH4325water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen[phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).יָזֹ֖קּוּyazoqvfineזָקַקverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “fine”, an unfinished actionH2212to strain, (figuratively) extract, clarifyfine, pour down, purge, purify, refine.מָטָ֣רmatarrainמָטַרnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “rain”, the ordinary formH4306rainrain.לְאֵדֽוֹleedvoto mistאֵדpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “to mist”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH108a fogmist, vapor.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

For He draweth away the drops of water, which distil rain from His vapour;

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

When He doth diminish droppings of the waters, They refine rain according to its vapour,

World English Bible

For he draws up the drops of water, which distill in rain from his vapor,

Darby Translation

For he draweth up the drops of water: they distil in rain from the vapour which he formeth,

Douay-Rheims

He lifteth up the drops of rain, and poureth out showers like floods:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

For He draweth away the drops of water, which distil rain from His vapour;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And the drops of rain are numbered by him, and shall be poured out in rain to form a cloud.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἀριθμηταὶ δὲ αὐτῷ σταγόνες ὑετοῦ, καὶ ἐπιχυθήσονται ὑετῷ εἰς νεφέλην.