Psalms 147:8

Geneva Bible (1560)

Which couereth the heauen with cloudes, and prepareth raine for the earth, and maketh the grasse to growe vpon the mountaines:

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  • Job 5:10 : 10 He giueth raine vpon the earth, and powreth water vpon the streetes,
  • Job 26:8-9 : 8 He bindeth the waters in his cloudes, and the cloude is not broken vnder them. 9 He holdeth backe the face of his throne: and spreadeth his cloude vpon it.
  • Gen 9:14 : 14 And when I shall couer the earth with a cloud, and the bowe shall be seene in the cloude,
  • Ps 104:13-14 : 13 He watereth the mountaines from his chambers, and the earth is filled with the fruite of thy workes. 14 He causeth grasse to growe for the cattell, and herbe for the vse of man, that he may bring forth bread out of the earth,
  • Ps 135:1 : 1 Praise ye the Lord. Praise the Name of the Lorde: ye seruants of the Lord, praise him.
  • Isa 5:6 : 6 And I will laye it waste: it shall not be cut, nor digged, but briers, and thornes shall growe vp: I will also commande the cloudes that they raine no raine vpon it.
  • Jer 14:22 : 22 Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles, that can giue raine? or can the heauens giue showres? is it not thou, O Lorde our God? therefore we will waite vpon thee: for thou hast made all these things.
  • Joel 2:23 : 23 Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and reioyce in the Lorde your God: for he hath giuen you the rayne of righteousnes, he wil cause to come downe for you the rayne, euen the first raine, and the latter raine in the first moneth.
  • Amos 5:7-8 : 7 They turne iudgement to wormewood, and leaue off righteousnes in the earth. 8 He maketh Pleiades, 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 Lord is his Name.
  • Matt 5:45 : 45 That ye may be the children of your father that is in heauen: for he maketh his sunne to arise on the euill, and the good, and sendeth raine on the iust, and vniust.
  • Acts 14:17 : 17 Neuerthelesse, hee left not him selfe without witnes, in that hee did good and gaue vs raine from heauen, & fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with foode, and gladnesse.
  • Jas 5:17-18 : 17 Helias was a man subiect to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rayne, and it rayned not on the earth for three yeeres and sixe moneths. 18 And he prayed againe, and the heauen gaue rayne, and the earth brought forth her fruite.
  • 1 Kgs 18:44-45 : 44 And at the seuenth time he sayd, Behold, there ariseth a litle cloude out of the sea like a mans hand. Then he sayd, Vp, and say vnto Ahab, Make readie thy charet, and get thee downe, that the raine stay thee not. 45 And in the meane while the heauen was blacke with cloudes and winde, and there was a great rayne. Then Ahab went vp and came to Izreel.
  • Job 36:27-33 : 27 When he restraineth the droppes of water, the rayne powreth down by the vapour thereof, 28 Which raine the cloudes do droppe and let fall abundantly vpon man. 29 Who can know the diuisions of ye clouds and the thunders of his tabernacle? 30 Beholde, he spreadeth his light vpon it, and couereth the bottome of the sea. 31 For thereby hee iudgeth the people, and giueth meate abundantly. 32 He couereth the light with the clouds, and commandeth them to go against it. 33 His companion sheweth him thereof, and there is anger in rising vp.
  • Job 38:24-27 : 24 By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the East winde vpon the earth? 25 Who hath deuided the spowtes for the raine? Or the way for the lightning of ye thunders, 26 To cause it to raine on the earth where no man is, and in the wildernes where there is no man? 27 To fulfil the wilde and waste place, and to cause the bud of the herbe to spring forth?
  • Ps 65:9-9 : 9 Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou makest it very riche: the Riuer of God is full of water: thou preparest them corne: for so thou appointest it. 10 Thou waterest abundantly the furrowes thereof: thou causest the raine to descende into the valleies thereof: thou makest it soft with showres, and blessest the bud thereof. 11 Thou crownest ye yeere with thy goodnesse, and thy steppes droppe fatnesse. 12 They drop vpon the pastures of the wildernesse: and the hils shalbe compassed with gladnes. 13 The pastures are clad with sheepe: the valleis also shalbe couered with corne: therefore they shoute for ioye, and sing.

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