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27 He holds in check the waterdrops
    that filter in rain from his flood,
28 Till the clouds flow with them
    and they rain down on all humankind.
29 [a]Can anyone understand the spreading clouds,
    the thunderings from his tent?

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Footnotes

  1. 36:29–31 The translation of these verses is uncertain.

27 “He draws up the drops of water,(A)
    which distill as rain to the streams[a];(B)
28 the clouds pour down their moisture
    and abundant showers(C) fall on mankind.(D)
29 Who can understand how he spreads out the clouds,
    how he thunders(E) from his pavilion?(F)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 36:27 Or distill from the mist as rain