Job 36:27 | NET2full | STEP | He draws up drops of water ; they distill the rain into its mist ,

‏ Job 36:27

27 He draws up drops of water;
they distill ^{▼▼tn The verb means “to filter; to refine,” and so a plural subject with the drops of water as the subject will not work. So many read the singular, “he distills.”} the rain into its mist, ^{▼▼tn This word עֵד (ʿed) occurs also in Gen 2:6. The suggestion has been that instead of a mist it represents an underground watercourse that wells up to water the ground.}