Job 36:28

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Which the skies pour down And drop upon man abundantly.

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: American Standard VersionBest for: Word studies and original-language research

🎯 Translation Approach

A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Readability

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💎 Distinctive Features

Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

✅ Strengths

High fidelity to original languages
Includes Strong's numbers for precise word study
Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Prov 3:20 : 20 By his knowledge the depths were broken up, And the skies drop down the dew.
Gen 7:11-12 : 11 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. 12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
Job 37:11-13 : 11 Yea, he ladeth the thick cloud with moisture; He spreadeth abroad the cloud of his lightning: 12 And it is turned round about by his guidance, That they may do whatsoever he commandeth them Upon the face of the habitable world, 13 Whether it be for correction, or for his land, Or for lovingkindness, that he cause it to come.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Job 36:27
89%
27For he draweth up the drops of water, Which distil in rain from his vapor,
Job 37:11-12
2 verses
79%
11Yea, he ladeth the thick cloud with moisture; He spreadeth abroad the cloud of his lightning:
12And it is turned round about by his guidance, That they may do whatsoever he commandeth them Upon the face of the habitable world,
Job 36:29-33
5 verses
78%
29Yea, can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, The thunderings of his pavilion?
30Behold, he spreadeth his light around him; And he covereth the bottom of the sea.
31For by these he judgeth the peoples; He giveth food in abundance.
32He covereth his hands with the lightning, And giveth it a charge that it strike the mark.
33The noise thereof telleth concerning him, The cattle also concerning [the storm] that cometh up.
Job 37:5-6
2 verses
78%
5God thundereth marvellously with his voice; Great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend.
6For he saith to the snow, Fall thou on the earth; Likewise to the shower of rain, And to the showers of his mighty rain.
Job 38:24-28
5 verses
76%
24By what way is the light parted, Or the east wind scattered upon the earth?
25Who hath cleft a channel for the waterflood, Or the way for the lightning of the thunder;
26To cause it to rain on a land where no man is; On the wilderness, wherein there is no man;
27To satisfy the waste and desolate [ground], And to cause the tender grass to spring forth?
28Hath the rain a father? Or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
Prov 3:20
76%
20By his knowledge the depths were broken up, And the skies drop down the dew.
Job 26:8-9
2 verses
75%
8He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; And the cloud is not rent under them.
9He incloseth the face of his throne, And spreadeth his cloud upon it.
Job 38:34
75%
34Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, That abundance of waters may cover thee?
Job 5:10
75%
10Who giveth rain upon the earth, And sendeth waters upon the fields;
Jer 51:16
74%
16when he uttereth his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasuries.
Ps 72:6
74%
6He will come down like rain upon the mown grass, As showers that water the earth.
Ps 147:8
74%
8Who covereth the heavens with clouds, Who prepareth rain for the earth, Who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.
Job 38:37
74%
37Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of heaven,
Deut 32:2
74%
2My doctrine shall drop as the rain; My speech shall distil as the dew, As the small rain upon the tender grass, And as the showers upon the herb.
Isa 55:10
73%
10For as the rain cometh down and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, and giveth seed to the sower and bread to the eater;
Jer 10:13
73%
13when he uttereth his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasuries.
Ps 77:17
73%
17The clouds poured out water; The skies sent out a sound: Thine arrows also went abroad.
Ps 135:7
73%
7Who causeth the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; Who maketh lightnings for the rain; Who bringeth forth the wind out of his treasuries;
Ps 65:9-10
2 verses
72%
9Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it, Thou greatly enrichest it; The river of God is full of water: Thou providest them grain, when thou hast so prepared the earth.
10Thou waterest its furrows abundantly; Thou settlest the ridges thereof: Thou makest it soft with showers; Thou blessest the springing thereof.
Ps 104:13
72%
13He watereth the mountains from his chambers: The earth is filled with the fruit of thy works.
Job 28:25-26
2 verses
72%
25To make a weight for the wind: Yea, he meteth out the waters by measure.
26When he made a decree for the rain, And a way for the lightning of the thunder;
Heb 6:7
72%
7For the land which hath drunk the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them {G2532} for whose sake it is also tilled, receiveth blessing from God:
Zech 10:1
72%
1Ask ye of Jehovah rain in the time of the latter rain, [even of] Jehovah that maketh lightnings; and he will give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field.
Ezek 34:26
72%
26And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in its season; there shall be showers of blessing.
Job 37:15-16
2 verses
71%
15Dost thou know how God layeth [his charge] upon them, And causeth the lightning of his cloud to shine?
16Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, The wondrous works of him who is perfect in knowledge?
Job 37:21
71%
21And now men see not the light which is bright in the skies; But the wind passeth, and cleareth them.
Eccl 11:3
71%
3If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth; and if a tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there shall it be.
Ps 148:8
71%
8Fire and hail, snow and vapor; Stormy wind, fulfilling his word;
Isa 30:23
70%
23And he will give the rain for thy seed, wherewith thou shalt sow the ground; and bread of the increase of the ground, and it shall be fat and plenteous. In that day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures;
Ps 68:9
70%
9Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, Thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary.
Jer 14:22
70%
22Are there any among the vanities of the nations that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O Jehovah our God? therefore we will wait for thee; for thou hast made all these things.
Prov 8:28
70%
28When he made firm the skies above, When the fountains of the deep became strong,
Deut 11:14
70%
14that I will give the rain of your land in its season, the former rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy grain, and thy new wine, and thine oil.
Ps 147:18
70%
18He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: He causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow.
Job 29:23
70%
23And they waited for me as for the rain; And they opened their mouth wide [as] for the latter rain.
Deut 28:24
70%
24Jehovah will make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.