Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Who covers the heavens with clouds,
Who provides rain for the earth,
Who makes grass to grow on the mountains.

King James Version

Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.

Holman Bible

who covers the sky with clouds,
prepares rain for the earth,
and causes grass to grow on the hills.

International Standard Version

He shields the heavens with clouds, preparing rain for the earth and making grass grow on the hills.

A Conservative Version

who covers the heavens with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow upon the mountains.

American Standard Version

Who covereth the heavens with clouds, Who prepareth rain for the earth, Who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.

Amplified


Who covers the heavens with clouds,
Who provides rain for the earth,
Who makes grass grow on the mountains.

Bible in Basic English

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.

Darby Translation

Who covereth the heavens with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains;

Julia Smith Translation

Covering the heavens with clouds, preparing rain for the earth, causing the grass to spring up on the mountains.

King James 2000

Who covers the heaven with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow upon the mountains.

Lexham Expanded Bible

who covers [the] heavens with clouds, who provides rain for the earth, who causes grass to grow on the mountains.

Modern King James verseion

who covers the heavens with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow on the mountains.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

which covereth the heaven with clouds, and prepareth rain for the earth, and maketh the grass to grow upon the mountains;

NET Bible

He covers the sky with clouds, provides the earth with rain, and causes grass to grow on the hillsides.

New Heart English Bible

who covers the sky with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass grow on the mountains.

The Emphasized Bible

Who covereth the heavens with clouds, preparing rain for the earth, who causeth the mountains to sprout grass:

Webster

Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.

World English Bible

who covers the sky with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass grow on the mountains.

Youngs Literal Translation

Who is covering the heavens with clouds, Who is preparing for the earth rain, Who is causing grass to spring up on mountains,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
כּסה 
Kacah 
Usage: 152

the heaven
שׁמה שׁמים 
Shamayim 
Usage: 420

with clouds
עב 
`ab 
Usage: 32

מטר 
Matar 
Usage: 38

for the earth
ארץ 
'erets 
Usage: 2504

חציר 
Chatsiyr 
Usage: 21

to grow
צמח 
Tsamach 
Usage: 33

References

Hastings

Watsons

Context Readings

Praise To Yahweh For His Providence

7 Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God: 8 Who covers the heavens with clouds,
Who provides rain for the earth,
Who makes grass to grow on the mountains.
9 He who gives the beast his food and to the sons of the ravens which cry unto him.


Cross References

Job 5:10

who gives rain upon the earth and sends waters abroad;

Psalm 104:13-14

He waters the mountains from his chambers; the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works.

Genesis 9:14

And it shall come to pass when I bring clouds over the earth, that the bow shall appear in the clouds;

1 Kings 18:44-45

And the seventh time he said, Behold, a little cloud like the palm of a man's hand arises out of the sea. And he said, Go and say to Ahab, Prepare thy chariot and descend that the rain not stop thee.

Job 26:8-9

He binds up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.

Job 36:27-33

For he detains the drops of water; when the rain pours down rain out of its vapour,

Job 38:24-27

By what way is the light divided; from where is the east wind scattered upon the earth?

Psalm 65:9-13

Thou dost visit the earth, and when thou hast caused it to want, thou dost greatly enrich it with the river of God, which is full of water; thou dost prepare their grain, according to thy will.

Psalm 135:1

Halelu-JAH. Praise ye the name of the LORD; praise him, O ye slaves of the LORD.

Isaiah 5:6

And I will lay it waste; it shall not be pruned, nor hoed; but briers and thorns shall come up there; I will even 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 it to rain? or can the heavens give rain? art not thou he, O LORD our God? therefore we will wait upon thee, for thou hast made all these things.

Joel 2:23

Ye also, sons of Zion, be glad and rejoice in the LORD your God for he has given you the former rain according to righteousness, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain as in the beginning.

Amos 5:7-8

Ye who turn judgment to wormwood and leave off doing righteousness in the earth,

Matthew 5:45

that ye may be sons of your Father who is in the heavens, for he makes his sun to rise on the evil and on the good and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.

Acts 14:17

Nevertheless he did not leave 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

Elijah was a man subject to passions like unto ours, and he asked in prayer that it might not rain, and it did not rain on the earth for three years and six months.

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