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Job 37:11

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Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud:
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  1. Job 36:27–30Rank 1 from verse 11
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    27For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof:

    28Which the clouds do drop and distil upon man abundantly.

    29Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle?

    30Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of the sea.

  2. Isaiah 18:4Rank 2 from verse 11
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    4For so the Lord said unto me, I will take my rest, and I will consider in my dwelling place like a clear heat upon herbs, and like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.

  3. Job 36:32Rank 3 from verse 11
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    32With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it not to shine by the cloud that cometh betwixt.

  4. Matthew 17:5Rank 4 from verse 11
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    5While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.

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Job 37:11

COMBINED MEANING

watering

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Present-participial or verbal-noun form of water, meaning to supply with water, irrigate, or cause to drink.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

thick

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Sense 1: Dense, deep, close, crowded, or not thin. Sense 2: To a great depth or in close succession.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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cloud

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Sense 1: A visible mass of vapour in the sky. Sense 2: Figuratively, a covering or multitude.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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scattereth

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Disperses, spreads abroad, separates, drives away, casts in different directions, or causes what was gathered to be divided.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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10By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened.

11Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud:

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12And it is turned round about by his counsels: that they may do whatsoever he commandeth them upon the face of the world in the earth.

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