Job 36:27-28

The wonder of the rain-drops.

27. For he maketh small the rain-drops;

They distil the rain of his vapour;

28. Which the clouds pour down,

And drop upon the multitude of mankind.

27. he maketh small lit. he draweth away, the reference being probably to the formation of the rain, which God draweth away in dropsfrom the great mass of waters above. Others render, he draweth up, supposing the reference to be to the ascent of the rain in the form of vapour, as it then comes down in rain-drops. But this is rather scientific and complete; neither does the word mean to draw up.