45 Bible Verses about clouds

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Lamentations 3:44

Thou hast covered Thyself with a cloud, So that prayer doth not pass through.

Psalm 108:4

For great above the heavens is Thy kindness, And unto the clouds Thy truth.

Psalm 57:10

For great unto the heavens is Thy kindness, And unto the clouds Thy truth.

2 Samuel 23:4

And as the light of morning he riseth, A morning sun -- no clouds! By the shining, by the rain, Tender grass of the earth!

Deuteronomy 33:26

There is none like the God of Jeshurun, Riding the heavens in thy help, And in His excellency the skies.

Luke 12:54

And he said also to the multitudes, 'When ye may see the cloud rising from the west, immediately ye say, A shower doth come, and it is so;

Isaiah 45:8

Drop, ye heavens, from above, And clouds do cause righteousness to flow, Earth openeth, and they are fruitful, Salvation and righteousness spring up together, I, Jehovah, have prepared it.

Psalm 18:9

And He inclineth the heavens, and cometh down, And thick darkness is under His feet.

Ezekiel 30:3

For near is a day, near is a day to Jehovah! A day of clouds, the time of nations it is.

Psalm 68:4

Sing ye to God -- praise His name, Raise up a highway for Him who is riding in deserts, In Jah is His name, and exult before Him.

Ecclesiastes 11:3

If the thick clouds are full of rain, On the earth they empty themselves; And if a tree doth fall in the south or to the north, The place where the tree falleth, there it is.

Job 35:5

Behold attentively the heavens -- and see, And behold the clouds, They have been higher than thou.

Matthew 24:30

and then shall appear the sign of the Son of Man in the heaven; and then shall all the tribes of the earth smite the breast, and they shall see the Son of Man coming upon the clouds of the heaven, with power and much glory;

Mark 14:62

and Jesus said, 'I am; and ye shall see the Son of Man sitting on the right hand of the power, and coming with the clouds, of the heaven.'

Job 37:21

And now, they have not seen the light, Bright it is in the clouds, And the wind hath passed by and cleanseth them.

Psalm 105:39

He hath spread a cloud for a covering, And fire to enlighten the night.

Numbers 9:17

And according to the going up of the cloud from off the tent and afterwards do the sons of Israel journey; and in the place where the cloud doth tabernacle, there do the sons of Israel encamp;

Acts 2:19

and I will give wonders in the heaven above, and signs upon the earth beneath -- blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke,

Revelation 14:14

And I saw, and lo, a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sitting like to a son of man, having upon his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle;

Exodus 24:15

And Moses goeth up unto the mount, and the cloud covereth the mount;

Psalm 104:3

Who is laying the beam of His upper chambers in the waters, Who is making thick clouds His chariot, Who is walking on wings of wind,

Job 36:32

By two palms He hath covered the light, And layeth a charge over it in meeting,

Psalm 135:7

Causing vapours to ascend from the end of the earth, Lightnings for the rain He hath made, Bringing forth wind from His treasures.

Exodus 40:34

And the cloud covereth the tent of meeting, and the honour of Jehovah hath filled the tabernacle;

Zephaniah 1:15

A day of wrath is that day, A day of adversity and distress, A day of waste and desolation, A day of darkness and gloominess, A day of cloud and thick darkness.

Proverbs 16:15

In the light of a king's face is life, And his good-will is as a cloud of the latter rain.

Exodus 14:24

and it cometh to pass, in the morning watch, that Jehovah looketh unto the camp of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubleth the camp of the Egyptians,

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Armies » Compared to » Clouds

Ezekiel 38:9-16

And thou hast gone up -- as wasting thou comest in, As a cloud to cover the land art thou, Thou and all thy bands, and many peoples with thee. Thus said the Lord Jehovah: And it hath come to pass in that day, Come up do things on thy heart, And thou hast thought an evil thought, And thou hast said: I go up against a land of unwalled villages, I go in to those at rest, dwelling confidently, All of them are dwelling without walls, And bar and doors they have not. read more.
To take a spoil, and to take a prey, To turn back thy hand on inhabited wastes, And on a people gathered out of nations, Making cattle and substance, Dwelling on a high part of the land. Sheba, and Dedan, and merchants of Tarshish, And all its young lions say to thee: To take a spoil art thou come in? To take a prey assembled thine assembly? To bear away silver and gold? To take away cattle and substance? To take a great spoil? Therefore, prophesy, son of man, and thou hast said to Gog: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: In that day, in the dwelling of My people Israel safely, Dost thou not know? And thou hast come in out of thy place, From the sides of the north, Thou and many peoples with thee, Riding on horses -- all of them, A great assembly, and a numerous force. And thou hast come up against My people Israel, As a cloud to cover the land, In the latter end of the days it is, And I have brought thee in against My land, In order that the nations may know Me, In My being sanctified in thee before their eyes, O Gog.

Clouds » Illustrative » Of judgments of God

Ezekiel 34:12

As a shepherd's searching of his drove, In the day of his being in the midst of his scattered flock, so I do seek My flock, And have delivered them out of all places, Whither they have been scattered, In a day of cloud and thick darkness.

Lamentations 2:1

How doth the Lord cloud in His anger the daughter of Zion, He hath cast from heaven to earth the beauty of Israel, And hath not remembered His footstool in the day of His anger.

Ezekiel 30:3

For near is a day, near is a day to Jehovah! A day of clouds, the time of nations it is.

Joel 2:2

A day of darkness and thick darkness, A day of cloud and thick darkness, As darkness spread on the mountains, A people numerous and mighty, Like it there hath not been from of old, And after it there is not again -- till the years of generation and generation.

Clouds » Illustrative » Of hostile armies

Jeremiah 4:13

Lo, as clouds he cometh up, And as a hurricane his chariots, Lighter than eagles have been his horses, Woe to us, for we have been spoiled.

Ezekiel 38:9

And thou hast gone up -- as wasting thou comest in, As a cloud to cover the land art thou, Thou and all thy bands, and many peoples with thee.

Ezekiel 38:16

And thou hast come up against My people Israel, As a cloud to cover the land, In the latter end of the days it is, And I have brought thee in against My land, In order that the nations may know Me, In My being sanctified in thee before their eyes, O Gog.

Clouds » Illustrative » Of unsearchableness of God

Ezekiel 1:4

And I look, and lo, a tempestuous wind is coming from the north, a great cloud, and fire catching itself, and brightness to it round about, and out of its midst as the colour of copper, out of the midst of the fire.

2 Samuel 22:12

And He setteth darkness Round about Him -- tabernacles, Darkness of waters -- thick clouds of the skies.

Clouds » Power and wisdom of God exhibited in forming

Psalm 135:6

All that Jehovah pleased He hath done, In the heavens and in earth, In the seas and all deep places,

Clouds » Uses of » To give rain

Judges 5:4

Jehovah, in Thy going forth out of Seir, In Thy stepping out of the field of Edom, Earth trembled, also the heavens dropped, Also thick clouds dropped water.

Psalm 104:13-14

Watering hills from His upper chambers, From the fruit of Thy works is the earth satisfied. Causing grass to spring up for cattle, And herb for the service of man, To bring forth bread from the earth,

Clouds » Called the » Clouds of heaven

Daniel 7:13

I was seeing in the visions of the night, and lo, with the clouds of the heavens as a son of man was one coming, and unto the Ancient of Days he hath come, and before Him they have brought him near.

Matthew 24:30

and then shall appear the sign of the Son of Man in the heaven; and then shall all the tribes of the earth smite the breast, and they shall see the Son of Man coming upon the clouds of the heaven, with power and much glory;

Clouds » Called the » Windows of heaven

Genesis 7:11

In the six hundredth year of the life of Noah, in the second month, in the seventeenth day of the month, in this day have been broken up all fountains of the great deep, and the net-work of the heavens hath been opened,

Isaiah 24:18

And it hath come to pass, He who is fleeing from the noise of the fear Doth fall into the snare, And he who is coming up from the midst of the snare, Is captured by the gin, For windows on high have been opened, And shaken are foundations of the land.

Clouds » Uses of » To supply dew

Proverbs 3:20

By His knowledge depths have been rent, And clouds do drop dew.

Isaiah 18:4

For thus said Jehovah unto me, 'I rest, and I look on My settled place, As a clear heat on an herb. As a thick cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.

Clouds » Different kinds of, mentioned » Bright

Zechariah 10:1

They asked of Jehovah rain in a time of latter rain, Jehovah is making lightnings, And rain in showers He doth give to them. To each -- the herb in the field.

Job 37:11

Yea, by filling He doth press out a cloud, Scatter a cloud doth His light.

Clouds » Illustrative » Of multitudes of persons

Isaiah 60:8

Who are these -- as a thick cloud they fly, And as doves unto their windows?

Clouds » Called the » Chambers of God

Psalm 104:3

Who is laying the beam of His upper chambers in the waters, Who is making thick clouds His chariot, Who is walking on wings of wind,

Psalm 104:13

Watering hills from His upper chambers, From the fruit of Thy works is the earth satisfied.

Clouds » Illustrative » (riding upon,) of the power and greatness of God

Isaiah 19:1

The burden of Egypt. Lo, Jehovah is riding on a swift thick cloud, And He hath entered Egypt, And moved have been the idols of Egypt at His presence, And the heart of Egypt melteth in its midst.

Psalm 104:3

Who is laying the beam of His upper chambers in the waters, Who is making thick clouds His chariot, Who is walking on wings of wind,

Clouds » Power and wisdom of God exhibited in condensing

Job 36:27

When He doth diminish droppings of the waters, They refine rain according to its vapour,

Job 37:10-11

From the breath of God is frost given, And the breadth of waters is straitened, Yea, by filling He doth press out a cloud, Scatter a cloud doth His light.

Clouds » Often obscure the sun, &c

Job 36:32

By two palms He hath covered the light, And layeth a charge over it in meeting,

Ezekiel 32:7

And in quenching thee I have covered the heavens, And have made black their stars, The sun with a cloud I do cover, And the moon causeth not its light to shine.

Clouds » Formed from the sea

1 Kings 18:44

And it cometh to pass, at the seventh, that he saith, 'Lo, a little thickness as the palm of a man is coming up out of the sea.' And he saith, 'Go up, say unto Ahab, 'Bind -- and go down, and the shower doth not restrain thee.'

Amos 9:6

Who is building in the heavens His upper chambers; As to His troop, Upon earth He hath founded it, Who is calling for the waters of the sea, And poureth them out on the face of the land, Jehovah is His name.

Clouds » Illustrative » (passing away,) of the goodness and prosperity of hypocrites

Hosea 6:4

What do I do to thee, O Ephraim? What do I do to thee, O Judah? Your goodness is as a cloud of the morning, And as dew rising early -- going.

Hosea 13:3

Therefore they are as a cloud of the morning, And as dew, rising early, going away, As chaff tossed about out of a floor, And as smoke out of a window.

Clouds » Different kinds of, mentioned » Thick

Job 22:14

Thick clouds are a secret place to Him, And He doth not see;' And the circle of the heavens He walketh habitually,

Job 37:11

Yea, by filling He doth press out a cloud, Scatter a cloud doth His light.

Clouds » Small » A large amount » Rain

1 Kings 18:44-45

And it cometh to pass, at the seventh, that he saith, 'Lo, a little thickness as the palm of a man is coming up out of the sea.' And he saith, 'Go up, say unto Ahab, 'Bind -- and go down, and the shower doth not restrain thee.' And it cometh to pass, in the meantime, that the heavens have become black -- thick clouds and wind -- and the shower is great; and Ahab rideth, and goeth to Jezreel,

Clouds » Different kinds of, mentioned » White

Revelation 14:14

And I saw, and lo, a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sitting like to a son of man, having upon his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle;

Clouds » Illustrative » (a morning without,) of wise rulers

2 Samuel 23:3-4

He said -- the God of Israel -- to me, He spake -- the Rock of Israel: He who is ruling over man is righteous, He is ruling in the fear of God. And as the light of morning he riseth, A morning sun -- no clouds! By the shining, by the rain, Tender grass of the earth!

Clouds » Frequently the instrument of God's judgments

Genesis 7:11-12

In the six hundredth year of the life of Noah, in the second month, in the seventeenth day of the month, in this day have been broken up all fountains of the great deep, and the net-work of the heavens hath been opened, and the shower is on the earth forty days and forty nights.

Clouds » The rainbow appears in

Genesis 9:13-14

My bow I have given in the cloud, and it hath been for a token of a covenant between Me and the earth; and it hath come to pass (in My sending a cloud over the earth) that the bow hath been seen in the cloud,

Clouds » Illustrative » (when seasonable,) of the favor of good rulers

Proverbs 16:15

In the light of a king's face is life, And his good-will is as a cloud of the latter rain.

Clouds » Illustrative » (without rain,) of the fraudulent

Clouds » Thunder and lightning come from

Psalm 77:17-18

Poured out waters have thick clouds, The skies have given forth a noise, Also -- Thine arrows go up and down. The voice of Thy thunder is in the spheres, Lightnings have lightened the world, The earth hath trembled, yea, it shaketh.

Clouds » Different kinds of, mentioned » Small

1 Kings 18:44

And it cometh to pass, at the seventh, that he saith, 'Lo, a little thickness as the palm of a man is coming up out of the sea.' And he saith, 'Go up, say unto Ahab, 'Bind -- and go down, and the shower doth not restrain thee.'

Clouds » Different kinds of, mentioned » Black

1 Kings 18:45

And it cometh to pass, in the meantime, that the heavens have become black -- thick clouds and wind -- and the shower is great; and Ahab rideth, and goeth to Jezreel,

Clouds » God » Established

Proverbs 8:28

In His strengthening clouds above, In His making strong fountains of the deep,

Clouds » Illustrative » (carried away by a tempest,) of false teachers

Clouds » Illustrative » Of sins of men

Isaiah 44:22

I have blotted out, as by a thick cloud, Thy transgressions, And as by a cloud thy sins, Return unto Me, for I have redeemed thee.

Clouds » God » Brings over the earth

Genesis 9:14

and it hath come to pass (in My sending a cloud over the earth) that the bow hath been seen in the cloud,

Clouds » Different kinds of, mentioned » Great

Ezekiel 1:4

And I look, and lo, a tempestuous wind is coming from the north, a great cloud, and fire catching itself, and brightness to it round about, and out of its midst as the colour of copper, out of the midst of the fire.

Clouds » Different kinds of, mentioned » Swift

Isaiah 19:1

The burden of Egypt. Lo, Jehovah is riding on a swift thick cloud, And He hath entered Egypt, And moved have been the idols of Egypt at His presence, And the heart of Egypt melteth in its midst.

Clouds » Called the » Waters above the firmament

Genesis 1:7

And God maketh the expanse, and it separateth between the waters which are under the expanse, and the waters which are above the expanse: and it is so.

Clouds » Uses of » To moderate heat

Isaiah 25:5

As heat in a dry place, The noise of strangers Thou humblest, Heat with the shadow of a thick cloud, The singing of the terrible is humbled.

Clouds » Often cover the heavens

Clouds » Made for the glory of God

Psalm 148:4

Praise ye Him, heavens of heavens, And ye waters that are above the heavens.

Clouds » Often dispersed by the wind

Hosea 13:3

Therefore they are as a cloud of the morning, And as dew, rising early, going away, As chaff tossed about out of a floor, And as smoke out of a window.

Clouds » From the west, bring rain

Luke 12:54

And he said also to the multitudes, 'When ye may see the cloud rising from the west, immediately ye say, A shower doth come, and it is so;

Clouds » Illustrative » (without water,) of false teachers

Jude 1:12

These are in your love-feasts craggy rocks; feasting together with you, without fear shepherding themselves; clouds without water, by winds carried about; trees autumnal, without fruit, twice dead, rooted up;

Clouds » Called the » Dust of God's feet

Clouds » Called the » Bottles of heaven

Job 38:37

Who doth number the clouds by wisdom? And the bottles of the heavens, Who doth cause to lie down,

Clouds » Man » Ignorant of the spreading of

Job 36:29

Yea, doth any understand The spreadings out of a cloud? The noises of His tabernacle?

Clouds » Man » Ignorant of the disposing of

Job 37:15

Dost thou know when God doth place them, And caused to shine the light of His cloud?

Clouds » Man » Ignorant of the balancing of

Clouds » Man » Cannot cause to rain

Job 38:34

Dost thou lift up to the cloud thy voice, And abundance of water doth cover thee?

Clouds » God » Balanced in the air

Clouds » God » Disposed in order

Job 37:15

Dost thou know when God doth place them, And caused to shine the light of His cloud?

Clouds » Man » Cannot number

Job 38:37

Who doth number the clouds by wisdom? And the bottles of the heavens, Who doth cause to lie down,

Clouds » Man » Cannot stay

Job 38:37

Who doth number the clouds by wisdom? And the bottles of the heavens, Who doth cause to lie down,

Clouds » God » Scatters

Job 37:11

Yea, by filling He doth press out a cloud, Scatter a cloud doth His light.

Clouds » God » Spreads out

Job 26:9

Taking hold of the face of the throne, Spreading over it His cloud.

Clouds » God » Binds up

Clouds » Are the garment of the sea

Job 38:9

In My making a cloud its clothing, And thick darkness its swaddling band,

Meteorology » Clouds

Psalm 77:17

Poured out waters have thick clouds, The skies have given forth a noise, Also -- Thine arrows go up and down.

Judges 5:4

Jehovah, in Thy going forth out of Seir, In Thy stepping out of the field of Edom, Earth trembled, also the heavens dropped, Also thick clouds dropped water.

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