The Meaning of Job 36:28 Explained

Job 36:28

KJV: Which the clouds do drop and distil upon man abundantly.

YLT: Which clouds do drop, They distil on man abundantly.

Darby: Which the skies pour down and drop upon man abundantly.

ASV: Which the skies pour down And drop upon man abundantly.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Which the clouds  do drop  [and] distil  upon man  abundantly. 

What does Job 36:28 Mean?

Context Summary

Job 36:1-33 - He Despiseth Not Any
God is mighty, but He does not despise thee, though thou be the least of saints. His eyes are upon thee for good, and He will set thee before His throne forever. He will stoop to thy low dungeon, whispering instruction to thine ear and commanding thee to return. There are broad places before thee in which there shall be no straitness; tables await thee full of fatness. Thy path leads from thy present prison-house into liberty and light.
Remember the unsearchable numbers of His years. Behold the wonderful machinery by which He collects from ocean, lake, and stream the clouds which, like floating cisterns, carry the waters to be bleached in the snow of the hills, and oxidized in the torrent beds! There is more love than terror in creation. Nature's myriad voices proclaim with Scripture, "God is love." He cannot, therefore, be indifferent to the righteous man or neglect him. He may discipline him to make him hate sin; but, when this end is attained, He will assuredly withdraw His rod, Job 36:10-11. [source]

Chapter Summary: Job 36

1  Elihu shows how God is just in his ways
16  How Job's sins hinder God's blessings
24  God's works are to be magnified

What do the individual words in Job 36:28 mean?

Which drop down the clouds [And] pour on man abundantly
אֲשֶֽׁר־ יִזְּל֥וּ שְׁחָקִ֑ים יִ֝רְעֲפ֗וּ עֲלֵ֤י ׀ אָדָ֬ם רָֽב

יִזְּל֥וּ  drop  down 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: נָזַל 
Sense: to flow, distil, flow forth or down, trickle, drop.
שְׁחָקִ֑ים  the  clouds 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: שַׁחַק  
Sense: dust, cloud.
יִ֝רְעֲפ֗וּ  [And]  pour 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: רָעַף  
Sense: to trickle, drip.
אָדָ֬ם  man 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אָדָם 
Sense: man, mankind.
רָֽב  abundantly 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: רַב 
Sense: much, many, great.

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