Psalms 147:8
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“who covers the sky with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow on the hills.”
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“who covers the sky with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow on the hills.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Who covereth the heavens with clouds, Who prepareth rain for the earth, Who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Who is covering the heavens with clouds, Who is preparing for the earth rain, Who is causing grass to spring up <FI>on<Fi> mountains,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 147:8 — 19 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 9:14Whenever I form clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds,
- 1 Kings 18:44On the seventh time the servant reported, “There is a cloud as small as a man’s hand rising from the sea.” And Elijah replied, “Go and tell Ahab, ‘Prepare your chariot and go down before the rain stops you.’”
- Job 5:10He gives rain to the earth and sends water upon the fields.
- Job 26:8He wraps up the waters in His clouds, yet the clouds do not burst under their own weight.
- Job 36:27For He draws up drops of water which distill the rain from the mist,
- Job 38:24In which direction is the lightning dispersed, or the east wind scattered over the earth?
- Job 38:27to satisfy the parched wasteland and make it sprout with tender grass?
- Psalms 65:9You attend to the earth and water it; with abundance You enrich it. The streams of God are full of water, for You prepare our grain by providing for the earth.
- Psalms 104:13He waters the mountains from His chambers; the earth is satisfied by the fruit of His works.
- Psalms 104:14He makes the grass grow for the livestock and provides crops for man to cultivate, bringing forth food from the earth:
- Psalms 135:1Hallelujah! Praise the name of the LORD. Give praise, O servants of the LORD,
- Proverbs 27:25When hay is removed and new growth appears and the grain from the hills is gathered,
- Isaiah 5:6I will make it a wasteland, neither pruned nor cultivated, and thorns and briers will grow up. I will command the clouds that rain shall not fall on it.”
- Jeremiah 14:22Can the worthless idols of the nations bring rain? Do the skies alone send showers? Is this not by You, O LORD our God? So we put our hope in You, for You have done all these things.
- Joel 2:23Be glad, O children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God, for He has given you the autumn rains for your vindication. He sends you showers, both autumn and spring rains, as before.
- Amos 5:7There are those who turn justice into wormwood and cast righteousness to the ground.
- Matthew 5:45that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.
- Acts 14:17Yet He has not left Himself without testimony to His goodness: He gives you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.”
- James 5:17Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years.
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