Psalms 147:8

American Standard Version (1901)

Who covereth the heavens with clouds, Who prepareth rain for the earth, Who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.

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  • Job 5:10 : 10 Who giveth rain upon the earth, And sendeth waters upon the fields;
  • Job 26:8-9 : 8 He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; And the cloud is not rent under them. 9 He incloseth the face of his throne, And spreadeth his cloud upon it.
  • Gen 9:14 : 14 And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud,
  • Ps 104:13-14 : 13 He watereth the mountains from his chambers: The earth is filled with the fruit of thy works. 14 He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, And herb for the service of man; That he may bring forth food out of the earth,
  • Ps 135:1 : 1 Praise ye Jehovah. Praise ye the name of Jehovah; Praise [him], O ye servants of Jehovah,
  • Isa 5:6 : 6 and I will lay it waste; it shall not be pruned nor hoed; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
  • Jer 14:22 : 22 Are there any among the vanities of the nations that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O Jehovah our God? therefore we will wait for thee; for thou hast made all these things.
  • Joel 2:23 : 23 Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in Jehovah your God; for he giveth you the former rain in just measure, and he causeth to come down for you the rain, the former rain and the latter rain, in the first [month] .
  • Amos 5:7-8 : 7 Ye who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth, 8 [ seek him] that maketh the Pleiades and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night; that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth (Jehovah is his name);
  • Matt 5:45 : 45 that ye may be sons of your Father who is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sendeth rain on the just and the unjust.
  • Acts 14:17 : 17 And yet He left not himself without witness, in that he did good and gave you from heaven rains and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.
  • Jas 5:17-18 : 17 Elijah was a man of like passions with us, and he prayed fervently that it might not rain; and it rained not on the earth for three years and six months. 18 And he prayed again; and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
  • 1 Kgs 18:44-45 : 44 And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a cloud out of the sea, as small as a man's hand. And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Make ready [thy chariot], and get thee down, that the rain stop thee not. 45 And it came to pass in a little while, that the heavens grew black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel:
  • Job 36:27-33 : 27 For he draweth up the drops of water, Which distil in rain from his vapor, 28 Which the skies pour down And drop upon man abundantly. 29 Yea, can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, The thunderings of his pavilion? 30 Behold, he spreadeth his light around him; And he covereth the bottom of the sea. 31 For by these he judgeth the peoples; He giveth food in abundance. 32 He covereth his hands with the lightning, And giveth it a charge that it strike the mark. 33 The noise thereof telleth concerning him, The cattle also concerning [the storm] that cometh up.
  • Job 38:24-27 : 24 By what way is the light parted, Or the east wind scattered upon the earth? 25 Who hath cleft a channel for the waterflood, Or the way for the lightning of the thunder; 26 To cause it to rain on a land where no man is; On the wilderness, wherein there is no man; 27 To satisfy the waste and desolate [ground], And to cause the tender grass to spring forth?
  • Ps 65:9-9 : 9 Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it, Thou greatly enrichest it; The river of God is full of water: Thou providest them grain, when thou hast so prepared the earth. [ 10 Thou waterest its furrows abundantly; Thou settlest the ridges thereof: Thou makest it soft with showers; Thou blessest the springing thereof. 11 Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; And thy paths drop fatness. 12 They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness; And the hills are girded with joy. 13 The pastures are clothed with flocks; The valleys also are covered over with grain; They shout for joy, they also sing.

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    12By them the birds of the heavens have their habitation; They sing among the branches.

    13He watereth the mountains from his chambers: The earth is filled with the fruit of thy works.

    14He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, And herb for the service of man; That he may bring forth food out of the earth,

  • Job 5:10
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    10Who giveth rain upon the earth, And sendeth waters upon the fields;

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    7Who causeth the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; Who maketh lightnings for the rain; Who bringeth forth the wind out of his treasuries;

  • Job 38:26-28
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    26To cause it to rain on a land where no man is; On the wilderness, wherein there is no man;

    27To satisfy the waste and desolate [ground], And to cause the tender grass to spring forth?

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    9He giveth to the beast his food, [And] to the young ravens which cry.

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    6For he saith to the snow, Fall thou on the earth; Likewise to the shower of rain, And to the showers of his mighty rain.

  • Job 36:27-29
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    27For he draweth up the drops of water, Which distil in rain from his vapor,

    28Which the skies pour down And drop upon man abundantly.

    29Yea, can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, The thunderings of his pavilion?

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    8Fire and hail, snow and vapor; Stormy wind, fulfilling his word;

    9Mountains and all hills; Fruitful trees and all cedars;

    10Beasts and all cattle; Creeping things and flying birds;

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    2Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment; Who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain;

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    7Sing unto Jehovah with thanksgiving; Sing praises upon the harp unto our God,

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    1Ask ye of Jehovah rain in the time of the latter rain, [even of] Jehovah that maketh lightnings; and he will give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field.

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    9Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it, Thou greatly enrichest it; The river of God is full of water: Thou providest them grain, when thou hast so prepared the earth. [

    10Thou waterest its furrows abundantly; Thou settlest the ridges thereof: Thou makest it soft with showers; Thou blessest the springing thereof.

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    6He will come down like rain upon the mown grass, As showers that water the earth.

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    15He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding hath he stretched out the heavens:

    16when he uttereth his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasuries.

  • Jer 14:22
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    22Are there any among the vanities of the nations that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O Jehovah our God? therefore we will wait for thee; for thou hast made all these things.

  • Isa 55:10
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    10For as the rain cometh down and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, and giveth seed to the sower and bread to the eater;

  • Heb 6:7
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    7For the land which hath drunk the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them for whose sake it is also tilled, receiveth blessing from God:

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  • Amos 4:13
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    13For, lo, he that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, and declareth unto man what is his thought; that maketh the morning darkness, and treadeth upon the high places of the earth--Jehovah, the God of hosts, is his name.

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    8He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; And the cloud is not rent under them.

    9He incloseth the face of his throne, And spreadeth his cloud upon it.

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    6[ it is] he that buildeth his chambers in the heavens, and hath founded his vault upon the earth; he that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth; Jehovah is his name.

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    8The birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea, Whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.

  • Job 38:34
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    34Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, That abundance of waters may cover thee?

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    10He sendeth forth springs into the valleys; They run among the mountains;

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  • Jer 10:13
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    6Who made heaven and earth, The sea, and all that in them is; Who keepeth truth for ever;

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    8The range of the mountains is his pasture, And he searcheth after every green thing.

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    32He covereth his hands with the lightning, And giveth it a charge that it strike the mark.

  • Ps 65:12
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    12They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness; And the hills are girded with joy.

  • Ps 147:18
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    18He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: He causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow.

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    9Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, Thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary.

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    23And he will give the rain for thy seed, wherewith thou shalt sow the ground; and bread of the increase of the ground, and it shall be fat and plenteous. In that day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures;

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    8That alone stretcheth out the heavens, And treadeth upon the waves of the sea;

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    1[For the Chief Musician; set to the Gittith. A Psalm of David]. O Jehovah, our Lord, How excellent is thy name in all the earth, Who hast set thy glory upon the heavens!

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    15And I will give grass in thy fields for thy cattle, and thou shalt eat and be full.