28Which the clouds do drop and distil upon man abundantly.
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By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.
Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud: …
In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 24-33)Elihu is here endeavouring to possess Job with great and high thoughts of God, and so to persuade him into a cheerful submission to his providence. I. He represents the work of God, in general, as illustrious and conspicuous, Job 36:24. His whole work is so. God does nothing mean. This is a good reason why we should acquiesce in all the operations of his providence concerning us in particular. His…
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