For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof:
The verse stands in Elihu's speeches, his argument and reproof to Job, which form the third part of the book of Job and span chapters 32-37. It describes God drawing water up in small drops as vapor and sending it down again as rain, picturing nature returning what it receives. It shows God drawing up water, forming rain from vapor, and pouring it abundantly from the skies upon people, giving visible evidence of His power to draw and hold. It presents the sea as a mighty reservoir of the life of the world that constantly sends up its moisture in answer to the call of the sun's rays, to be given back over all the dry land as rain and dew, so that the sea generously bestows life upon all the earth.
The verse stands in Elihu's speeches, his argument and reproof to Job, which form the third part of the book of Job and span chapters 32-37. It describes God drawing water up in small drops as vapor and sending it down again as rain, picturing nature returning what it receives. It shows God drawing up water, forming rain from vapor, and pouring it abundantly from the skies upon people, giving visible evidence of His power to draw and hold. It presents the sea as a mighty reservoir of the life of the world that constantly sends up its moisture in answer to the call of the sun's rays, to be given back over all the dry land as rain and dew, so that the sea generously bestows life upon all the earth.