Verse 8

Who couereth the heauen with cloudes: who prepareth rayne for the earth, who maketh grasse to growe vppon the mountaynes.

Referenced Verses

  • Job 5:10 : 10 He geueth rayne vpon the earth, and powreth water vpon the streetes,
  • Job 26:8-9 : 8 He byndeth the water in his cloudes, & the cloude is not broken vnder them. 9 He holdeth backe the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloude before it.
  • Gen 9:14 : 14 And it shall come to passe, that when I bryng a cloude vpon the earth, the bowe also shalbe seene in ye same cloude.
  • Ps 104:13-14 : 13 He watereth the hilles from aboue: the earth is replenished with the fruite of thy workes. 14 He causeth grasse to growe for cattell: and hearbes for the vse of man.
  • Ps 135:1 : 1 Prayse ye the Lorde, prayse ye the name of God: prayse it ye seruauntes of God.
  • Isa 5:6 : 6 I wyll lay it waste, it shall neither be digged nor cut, but beare thornes and briers: I wyll also forbyd the cloudes that they shall not rayne vpon it.
  • Jer 14:22 : 22 Are there any among the gods of the gentiles that sende rayne, or geue the showres from heauen? Art not thou thy selfe our Lorde God? we wyll trust in thee, for thou doest all these thynges.
  • Joel 2:23 : 23 Be glad then ye children of Sion, and reioyce in the Lorde your God: for he hath geuen you moderate rayne, & he wyll sende downe for you the rayne, euen the first rayne & the latter rayne, in the first moneth.
  • Amos 5:7-8 : 7 They turne iudgement to wormewood, and forsake righteousnesse in the earth. 8 He maketh the seuen starres and Orion, and he turneth the shadowe of death into the morning, and he maketh the day darke as night: he calleth the waters of the sea, and powreth them out vpon the open earth, the Lorde is his name.
  • Matt 5:45 : 45 That ye may be the chyldren of your father, which is in heauen. For he maketh his sonne to aryse on the euyll, and on the good, and sendeth rayne on the iust, and on the vniust.
  • Acts 14:17 : 17 Neuerthelesse, he left not hym selfe without witnesse, in that he shewed his benefites from heauen, in geuyng vs rayne and fruitefull seasons, fillyng our heartes with foode and gladnesse.
  • Jas 5:17-18 : 17 Elias was a man vnder infirmities euen as we are, and he prayed in his prayer that it myght not rayne: and it rayned not on the earth by the space of three yeres and sixe monethes. 18 And he prayed againe, and the heauen gaue rayne, & the earth brought foorth her fruite.
  • 1 Kgs 18:44-45 : 44 And it fortuned that at the seuenth time, he sayde: Beholde there aryseth a litle cloude of the sea lyke a mans hand. He sayde: Go, and say vnto Ahab, Make fast thy charet and get thee downe, that the rayne stoppe thee not. 45 And it came to passe, that in the meane whyle the heauen was blacke with cloudes and winde, & there was a great rayne: And Ahab gat vp, and came to Iezrahel.
  • Job 36:27-33 : 27 Sometime he restrayneth the rayne, and againe he sendeth rayne by his cloudes: 28 Which rayne the cloudes do droppe, and let fall aboundantly vpon men. 29 Who can consider the spreadinges out of his cloudes, the coueringes of his tabernacle? 30 Behold, he doth stretch his light vpon it, and couereth the bottome of the sea. 31 For by these gouerneth he his people, and geueth them aboundance of meate. 32 With the cloudes he hydeth the light, and at his commaundement it breaketh out: 33 Which dashing vpon the next cloudes, shew tokens of wrath.
  • Job 38:24-27 : 24 By what way is the light parted? and into what land breaketh the east winde? 25 Who deuideth the waters into diuers chanels? or who maketh a way for the lightening and thunder, 26 To cause it to rayne on the earth where no man is, and in the wildernesse where none inhabiteth? 27 To satisfie the desolate and waste grounde, and to cause the budde of the hearbe to spring foorth.
  • Ps 65:9-9 : 9 Thou visitest the earth, and thou makest it ouerflowne, thou enrichest it greatly: the riuer of God is full of water, thou preparest their corne, for so thou ordaynest it. 10 Thou waterest her forowes, thou breakest downe her hillockes: thou makest it soft with the drops of rayne, and blessest the increase of it. 11 Thou crownest the yere with thy goodnes: and thy cloudes drop fatnes. 12 They drop vpon the dwellinges of the wyldernesse: and hilles be compassed with ioy. 13 The downes be couered with sheepe: the valleys stande thicke with corne so that they showte for ioy and also sing.