Parallel Verses

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;

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.

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 O sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praises upon the harp unto our God, 8 which covereth the heaven with clouds, and prepareth rain for the earth, and maketh the grass to grow upon the mountains; 9 which giveth fodder unto the cattle, and feedeth the young ravens that call upon him.

Cross References

Job 5:10

Which giveth rain upon the earth, and poureth water upon all things;

Psalm 104:13-14

Thou waterest the hills from above; the earth is filled with the fruits of thy works.

Genesis 9:14

so that when I bring in clouds upon the earth, the bow shall appear in the clouds.

1 Kings 18:44-45

And the seventh time he said, "Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like the palm of a man's hand." Then he said, "Go and say to Ahab, 'Put the horses in the chariot, and get thee down that the rain stop thee not.'"

Job 26:8-9

He bindeth the water in his clouds, and the cloud is not broken under them.

Job 36:27-33

He turneth the water to small drops, he driveth his clouds

Job 38:24-27

By what way is the light parted, and the heat dealt out upon the earth?

Psalm 65:9-13

Thou visitest the earth, thou waterest it, and makest it very plenteous. The river of God is full of waters; thou preparest man his corn, and thus thou providest for the earth.

Psalm 135:1

{Praise the Everlasting} O praise the name of the LORD! Praise it, O ye servants of the LORD;

Isaiah 5:6

I will lay it waste, that it shall neither be twisted nor cut, but bear thorns and briers. I will also forbid the clouds, that they shall not rain upon it.

Jeremiah 14:22

Are there any among the gods of the Gentiles, that send rain or give the showers of heaven? Dost not thou it, O LORD our God, in whom we trust? Yea LORD, thou dost all these things."

Joel 2:23

Children of Zion, be glad and rejoice in the LORD your God. For he hath given you a teacher of righteousness, and will make descend unto you the first rain and the later, as at the beginning.

Amos 5:7-8

Ye turn the law to wormwood, and cast down righteousness into the ground.

Matthew 5:45

that ye may be the children of your father that is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to arise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth his rain on the just and unjust.

Acts 14:17

Nevertheless, he left not himself without witness, in that he showed his benefits, in giving us rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness."

James 5:17-18

Elijah was a man, mortal even as we are, and he prayed in his prayer, 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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