Psalms 78:23

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And he gave orders to the clouds on high, and the doors of heaven were open;

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 7:11 : 11 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, all the fountains of the great deep came bursting through, and the windows of heaven were open;
  • Mal 3:10 : 10 Let your tenths come into the store-house so that there may be food in my house, and put me to the test by doing so, says the Lord of armies, and see if I do not make the windows of heaven open and send down such a blessing on you that there is no room for it.
  • 2 Kgs 7:2 : 2 Then the captain whose arm was supporting the king said to the man of God, Even if the Lord made windows in heaven, would such a thing be possible? And he said, Your eyes will see it, but you will not have a taste of the food.
  • 2 Kgs 7:19 : 19 And that captain said to the man of God, Even if the Lord made windows in heaven, would such a thing be possible? And he said to him, Your eyes will see it, but you will not have a taste of the food.
  • Ps 33:9 : 9 For he gave the word, and it was done; by his order it was fixed for ever.
  • Isa 5:6 : 6 And I will make it waste; its branches will not be touched with the knife, or the earth worked with the spade; but blackberries and thorns will come up in it: and I will give orders to the clouds not to send rain on it.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 78:24-28
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    24 And he sent down manna like rain for their food, and gave them the grain of heaven.

    25 Man took part in the food of strong ones; he sent them meat in full measure.

    26 He sent an east wind from heaven, driving on the south wind by his power.

    27 He sent down meat on them like dust, and feathered birds like the sand of the sea,

    28 And he let it come down into their resting-place, round about their tents.

  • Ps 105:40-41
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    40 At the people's request he sent birds, and gave them the bread of heaven for food.

    41 His hand made the rock open, and the waters came streaming out; they went down through the dry places like a river.

  • Ps 135:7
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    7 He makes the mists go up from the ends of the earth; he makes thunder-flames for the rain; he sends out the winds from his store-houses.

  • 2 Sam 22:14-15
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    14 The Lord made thunder in the heavens, and the voice of the Highest was sounding out.

    15 And he sent out his arrows, driving them in all directions; by his flames of fire they were troubled.

  • Job 26:8-9
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    8 By him the waters are shut up in his thick clouds, and the cloud does not give way under them.

    9 By him the face of his high seat is veiled, and his cloud stretched out over it.

  • Ps 18:12-13
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    12 Before his shining light his dark clouds went past, raining ice and fire.

    13 The Lord made thunder in the heavens, and the voice of the Highest was sounding out: a rain of ice and fire.

  • Job 37:11
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    11 The thick cloud is weighted with thunder-flame, and the cloud sends out its light;

  • Ps 77:17-18
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    17 The clouds sent out water; the skies gave out a sound; truly, your arrows went far and wide.

    18 The voice of your thunder went rolling on; the world was flaming with the light of the storm; the earth was shaking.

  • Jer 51:15-16
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    71%

    15 He has made the earth by his power, he has made the world strong in its place by his wisdom, and by his wise design the heavens have been stretched out:

    16 At the sound of his voice there is a massing of the waters in the heavens, and he makes the mists go up from the ends of the earth; he makes the thunder-flames for the rain and sends out the wind from his store-houses.

  • Ps 78:13-16
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    13 The sea was cut in two so that they might go through; the waters were massed together on this side and on that.

    14 In the daytime he was guiding them in the cloud, and all through the night with a light of fire.

    15 The rocks of the waste land were broken by his power, and he gave them drink as out of the deep waters.

    16 He made streams come out of the rock; and waters came flowing down like rivers.

  • Job 36:32
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    32 He takes the light in his hands, sending it against the mark.

  • Ps 18:9
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    9 The heavens were bent, so that he might come down; and it was dark under his feet.

  • 2 Sam 22:12
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    12 And he made the dark his tent round him, a mass of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

  • Ps 104:3
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    3 The arch of your house is based on the waters; you make the clouds your carriage; you go on the wings of the wind:

  • Jer 10:12-13
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    12 He has made the earth by his power, he has made the world strong in its place by his wisdom, and by his wise design the heavens have been stretched out.

    13 At the sound of his voice there is a massing of waters in the heavens, and he makes the mists go up from the ends of the earth; he makes the thunder-flames for the rain, and sends out the wind from his store-houses.

  • Prov 8:28
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    28 When he made strong the skies overhead: when the fountains of the deep were fixed:

  • Job 28:26
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    26 When he made a law for the rain, and a way for the thunder-flames;

  • Job 22:14
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    14 Thick clouds are covering him, so that he is unable to see; and he is walking on the arch of heaven.

  • Ps 78:20
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    20 See, the rock was cut open by his power, so that the water came rushing out, and overflowing streams; is he able to give us bread? is he able to get meat for his people?

  • 2 Sam 22:10
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    10 The heavens were bent, so that he might come down; and it was dark under his feet.

  • Ps 147:8
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    8 By his hand the heaven is covered with clouds and rain is stored up for the earth; he makes the grass tall on the mountains.

  • Job 37:6
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    6 For he says to the snow, Make the earth wet; and to the rain-storm, Come down.

  • Ps 115:3
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    3 But our God is in heaven: he has done whatever was pleasing to him.

  • 2 Kgs 7:19
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    19 And that captain said to the man of God, Even if the Lord made windows in heaven, would such a thing be possible? And he said to him, Your eyes will see it, but you will not have a taste of the food.

  • Ps 107:25
    69%

    25 For at his word comes up the storm-wind, lifting high the waves.

  • Job 36:27-28
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    27 For he takes up the drops from the sea; he sends them through his mist as rain,

    28 Flowing down from the sky, and dropping on the peoples.

  • Neh 9:15
    69%

    15 And you gave them bread from heaven when they were in need, and made water come out of the rock for their drink, and gave them orders to go in and take for their heritage the land which your hand had been lifted up to give them.

  • Ps 78:22
    69%

    22 Because they had no faith in God, and no hope in his salvation.

  • Job 37:3
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    3 He sends it out through all the heaven, and his thunder-flame to the ends of the earth.

  • Ps 148:4
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    4 Give praise to him, you highest heavens, and you waters which are over the heavens.

  • Ps 33:6
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    6 By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; and all the army of heaven by the breath of his mouth.

  • Ps 78:48
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    48 Ice was rained down on their cattle; thunderstorms sent destruction among the flocks.

  • Ps 148:8
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    8 Fire and rain of ice, snow and mists; storm-wind, doing his word:

  • Prov 3:20
    68%

    20 By his knowledge the deep was parted, and dew came dropping from the skies.

  • Job 38:25
    68%

    25 By whom has the way been cut for the flowing of the rain, and the flaming of the thunder;