Psalms 147:8 KJV
Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.
Matthew Henry
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Thompson Chains
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Parallel Passages
- Psalms 104:13 He watereth the hills from his chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works.
From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).
Cross References
- Job 5:10 Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:
- Genesis 9:14 And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud:
- Job 26:8–9 He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them. …
- Psalms 104:13–14 He watereth the hills from his chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works. …
- 1 Kings 18:44–45 And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man's hand. And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Prepare thy chariot, and get thee down, that the rain stop thee not. …
- Job 36:27–33 For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof: …
- Job 38:24–27 By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth? …
- Psalms 65:9–13 Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it. …
- Psalms 135:1 Praise ye the LORD. Praise ye the name of the LORD; praise him, O ye servants of the LORD.
- Isaiah 5:6 And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
- Jeremiah 14:22 Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O LORD our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these things.
- Joel 2:23 Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month.
- Amos 5:7–8 Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth, …
- Matthew 5:45 That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
- Acts 14:17 Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.
- James 5:17–18 Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. …
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Topics
- Blessing Temporal, from God
- God Providence of
- Meteorology and celestial phenomena General scriptures concerning
- Praise For God’s attributes
- Psalms For God’s attributes
Strong’s Numbers
- Who covereth כָּסָה kâçâh
- the heaven שָׁמַיִם shâmayim
- with clouds עָב ʻâb
- who prepareth כּוּן kûwn
- rain מָטַר mâṭar
- for the earth אֶרֶץ ʼerets
- who maketh grass חָצִיר châtsîyr
- to grow צָמַח tsâmach
- upon the mountains הַר har
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