45 Bible Verses about clouds

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Mark 13:26

Then they will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory [in royal majesty and splendor].

Lamentations 3:44


You have covered Yourself with a cloud
So that no prayer can pass through.

Psalm 108:4


For Your lovingkindness is great and higher than the heavens;
Your truth reaches to the skies.

Psalm 57:10


For Your faithfulness and lovingkindness are great, reaching to the heavens,
And Your truth to the clouds.

2 Samuel 23:4


Is like the morning light when the sun rises,
A morning without clouds,
When the fresh grass springs out of the earth
Through sunshine after rain.’

Deuteronomy 33:26


“There is none like the God of Jeshurun (Israel),
Who rides the heavens to your help,
And through the skies in His majestic glory.

Luke 12:54

He also said to the crowds, “When you see a cloud rising in the west, you immediately say, ‘It is going to rain,’ and that is how it turns out.

Job 37:16


“Do you know about the layers of thick clouds [and how they are balanced and poised in the heavens],
The wonderful works of Him who is perfect in knowledge,

Isaiah 45:8


“Rain down, O heavens, from above,
Let the clouds pour down righteousness [all the blessings of God];
Let the earth open up, let salvation bear fruit,
And righteousness spring up with it;
I, the Lord, have created it.

Psalm 18:9


He bowed the heavens also and came down;
And thick darkness was under His feet.

Ecclesiastes 11:4

He who watches the wind [waiting for all conditions to be perfect] will not sow [seed], and he who looks at the clouds will not reap [a harvest].

Ezekiel 30:3


“For the day is near,
Even the day of the Lord is near,
It will be a cloudy day;
A time of doom for the nations.

Psalm 68:4


Sing to God, sing praises to His name;
Lift up a song for Him who rides through the desert—
His name is the Lord—be in good spirits before Him.

Ecclesiastes 11:3

If the clouds are full [of rain], they empty themselves on the earth; and if a tree falls toward the south or toward the north, in the place where the tree falls, there it lies.

Job 35:5


“Look to the heavens and see;
And behold the skies which are [much] higher than you.

Revelation 1:7

Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see Him, even those who pierced Him; and all the tribes (nations) of the earth will mourn over Him [realizing their sin and guilt, and anticipating the coming wrath]. So it is to be. Amen.

Matthew 24:30

And at that time the sign of the Son of Man [coming in His glory] will appear in the sky, and then all the tribes of the earth [and especially Israel] will mourn [regretting their rebellion and rejection of the Messiah], and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory [in brilliance and splendor].

Mark 14:62

Jesus said, “I am; and you will [all] see the Son of Man seated [with authority] at the right hand of Power (the Father), and coming with the clouds of heaven.”

Job 37:21


“Now people cannot look at the light when it is bright in the skies [without being blinded],
When the wind has passed and cleared them.

Psalm 105:39


The Lord spread a cloud as a covering [by day],
And a fire to illumine the night.

Isaiah 14:14


‘I will ascend above the heights of the clouds;
I will make myself like the Most High.’

Ezekiel 1:28

As the appearance of the rainbow in the clouds on a rainy day, so was the appearance of the surrounding radiance. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory and brilliance of the Lord. And when I saw it, I fell face downward and I heard a voice of One speaking.

Numbers 9:17

Whenever the cloud was lifted from over the tent (tabernacle), afterward the Israelites would set out; and in the place where the cloud stopped, there the Israelites would camp.

Job 26:8


“He wraps the waters in His clouds [which otherwise would spill on earth all at once],
And the cloud does not burst under them.

Acts 2:19


And I will bring about wonders in the sky above
And signs (attesting miracles) on the earth below,
Blood and fire and smoking vapor.

Revelation 14:14

Again I looked, and this is what I saw: a white cloud, and sitting on the cloud was One like the Son of Man, with a crown of gold on His head and a sharp sickle [of swift judgment] in His hand.

Exodus 24:15

Then Moses went up to the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain.

Psalm 104:3


Who lays the beams of His upper chambers in the waters [above the firmament],
Who makes the clouds His chariot,
Who walks on the wings of the wind,

Job 36:32


“He covers His hands with the lightning,
And commands it to strike the mark.

Psalm 135:7


Who causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth;
Who makes lightning for the rain,
Who brings the wind from His storehouses;

Exodus 40:34

Then the cloud [the Shekinah, God’s visible, dwelling presence] covered the Tent of Meeting, and the glory and brilliance of the Lord filled the tabernacle.

Zephaniah 1:15


That day is a day of [the outpouring of the] wrath [of God],
A day of trouble and distress,
A day of destruction and devastation,
A day of darkness and gloom,
A day of clouds and thick darkness,

Proverbs 16:15


In the light of the king’s face is life,
And his favor is like a cloud bringing the spring rain.

Exodus 14:24

So it happened at the early morning watch [before dawn], that the Lord looked down on the army of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and cloud and put them in a state of confusion.

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Armies » Compared to » Clouds

Ezekiel 38:9-16

You shall ascend and come like a storm; you shall be like a cloud to cover the land, you and all your hosts and many people with you. Thus says the Lord God: At the same time thoughts shall come into your mind, and you will devise an evil plan. And you will say, I will go up against an open country [the land of unwalled villages]; I will fall upon those who are at rest, who dwell securely, all of them dwelling without walls and having neither bars nor gates, read more.
To take spoil and prey, to turn your hand upon the desolate places now inhabited and assail the people gathered out of the nations, who have obtained livestock and goods, who dwell at the center of the earth [Palestine]. Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish, with all their lionlike cubs [or satellite areas], shall say to you, Have you come to take spoil? Have you gathered your hosts to take the prey? To carry away silver and gold, to take away livestock and goods, to take a great spoil? Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say to Gog, Thus says the Lord God: In that day when My people Israel dwell securely, will you not know it and be aroused? And you will come from your place out of the uttermost parts of the north, you and many peoples with you, all of them riding on horses, a great host, a mighty army. And you shall come up against My people Israel like a cloud to cover the land. In the latter days I will bring you against My land, that the nations may know, understand, and realize Me when My holiness shall be vindicated through you [vindicated and honored in your overwhelming destruction], O Gog, before their eyes.

Clouds » Illustrative » Of judgments of God

Ezekiel 34:12

As a shepherd cares for his sheep on the day that he is among his scattered flock, so I will care for My sheep; and I will rescue them from all the places to which they were scattered on a cloudy and gloomy day.

Lamentations 2:1

How the Lord has covered the Daughter of Zion (Jerusalem)
With a cloud in His anger!
He has cast down from heaven to the earth
The glory and splendor of Israel
And has not remembered His footstool
In the day of His anger.

Ezekiel 30:3


“For the day is near,
Even the day of the Lord is near,
It will be a cloudy day;
A time of doom for the nations.

Joel 2:2


A day of darkness and gloom,
A day of clouds and of thick [dark] mist,
Like the dawn spread over the mountains;
There is a [pagan, hostile] people numerous and mighty,
The like of which has never been before
Nor will be again afterward
Even for years of many generations.

Clouds » Illustrative » Of hostile armies

Jeremiah 4:13


“Behold, the enemy comes up like clouds,
His chariots like the whirlwind;
His horses are swifter than eagles.
Woe (judgment is coming) to us, for we are ruined!”

Ezekiel 38:9

You will go up [against them], you will come like a storm; you shall be like a cloud covering the land, you and all your troops, and many peoples with you.”

Ezekiel 38:16

and you will go up against My people Israel like a cloud to cover the land. In the last days it will come about that I will bring you against My land, so that the nations may know Me when I show Myself holy through you before their eyes, O Gog.”

Clouds » Illustrative » Of unsearchableness of God

Ezekiel 1:4

As I looked, I saw a stormy wind coming out of the north, a great cloud with fire flashing continually from it; and a brightness was around it, and in its core [there was] something like glowing [amber-colored] metal in the midst of the fire.

2 Samuel 22:12


“He made darkness canopies around Him,
A mass of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

Clouds » Power and wisdom of God exhibited in forming

Psalm 135:6


Whatever the Lord pleases, He does,
In the heavens and on the earth, in the seas and all deeps—

Clouds » Uses of » To give rain

Judges 5:4


Lord, when You went out from Seir,
When You marched from the field of Edom,
The earth quaked, the heavens also dripped,
Yes, the clouds dripped water.

Psalm 104:13-14

He waters the mountains from His upper rooms; the earth is satisfied and abounds with the fruit of His works. He causes vegetation to grow for the cattle, and all that the earth produces for man to cultivate, that he may bring forth food out of the earth -- "

Clouds » Called the » Clouds of heaven

Matthew 24:30

And at that time the sign of the Son of Man [coming in His glory] will appear in the sky, and then all the tribes of the earth [and especially Israel] will mourn [regretting their rebellion and rejection of the Messiah], and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory [in brilliance and splendor].

Clouds » Called the » Windows of heaven

Genesis 7:11

In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month, on that same day all the fountains of the great deep [subterranean waters] burst open, and the windows and floodgates of the heavens were opened.

Isaiah 24:18


Then it will be that he who flees at the sound of terror will fall into the pit,
And he who comes up out of the pit will be caught in the snare;
For the windows of heaven are opened, and the foundations of the earth tremble.

Clouds » Uses of » To supply dew

Proverbs 3:20


By His knowledge the deeps were broken up
And the clouds drip with dew.

Isaiah 18:4

For this is what the Lord has said to me,

“I will be quiet and I will look on from My dwelling place,
Like shimmering heat above the sunshine,
Like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.”

Clouds » Different kinds of, mentioned » Bright

Zechariah 10:1

Ask for rain from the Lord at the time of the spring rain.
It is the Lord who makes the thunder clouds;
And He will give them showers of rain, grass in the field to everyone.

Job 37:11


“He loads the thick cloud with moisture;
He disperses the cloud of His lightning.

Clouds » Illustrative » Of multitudes of persons

Isaiah 60:8


“Who are these who fly like a cloud
And like doves to their windows?

Clouds » Called the » Chambers of God

Psalm 104:3


Who lays the beams of His upper chambers in the waters [above the firmament],
Who makes the clouds His chariot,
Who walks on the wings of the wind,

Psalm 104:13


He waters the mountains from His upper chambers;
The earth is satisfied with the fruit of His works.

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

Isaiah 19:1

The [mournful, inspired] oracle (a burden to be carried) concerning Egypt:

Listen carefully, the Lord is riding on a swift cloud and is about to come to Egypt;
The idols of Egypt will tremble at His presence,
And the heart of the Egyptians will melt within them.

Psalm 104:3


Who lays the beams of His upper chambers in the waters [above the firmament],
Who makes the clouds His chariot,
Who walks on the wings of the wind,

Clouds » Power and wisdom of God exhibited in condensing

Job 36:27


“For He draws up the drops of water,
They distill rain from the mist,

Job 37:10-11

By the breath of God ice is given, and the breadth of the waters is frozen over. He loads the thick cloud with moisture; He scatters the cloud of His lightning.

Clouds » Often obscure the sun, &c

Job 36:32


“He covers His hands with the lightning,
And commands it to strike the mark.

Ezekiel 32:7


“And when I extinguish you,
I will cover the heavens [of Egypt] and darken their stars;
I will cover the sun with a cloud
And the moon will not give its light.

Clouds » Formed from the sea

1 Kings 18:44

And at the seventh time the servant said, “A cloud as small as a man’s hand is coming up from the sea.” And Elijah said, “Go up, say to Ahab, ‘Prepare your chariot and go down, so that the rain shower does not stop you.’”

Amos 9:6


It is He who builds His upper chambers in the heavens
And has established His vaulted dome (the firmament of heaven) over the earth,
He who calls to the waters of the sea
And pours them out on the face of the earth—
The Lord is His name.

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

Hosea 6:4


O Ephraim, what shall I do with you?
O Judah, what shall I do with you?
For your [wavering] loyalty and kindness are [transient] like the morning cloud
And like the dew that goes away early.

Hosea 13:3


Therefore they will be [swiftly dissipated] like the morning cloud
Or like dew which soon disappears,
Like chaff which swirls with the whirlwind from the threshing floor,
And like smoke from the chimney or through the window [worthless and without substance —they will vanish].

Clouds » Different kinds of, mentioned » Thick

Job 22:14


‘Thick clouds are a hiding place for Him, so that He cannot see,
And He walks on the vault (circle) of the heavens.’

Job 37:11


“He loads the thick cloud with moisture;
He disperses the cloud of His lightning.

Clouds » Small » A large amount » Rain

1 Kings 18:44-45

And at the seventh time the servant said, A cloud as small as a man's hand is arising out of the sea. And Elijah said, Go up, say to Ahab, Hitch your chariot and go down, lest the rain stop you. In a little while, the heavens were black with wind-swept clouds, and there was a great rain. And Ahab went to Jezreel.

Clouds » Different kinds of, mentioned » White

Revelation 14:14

Again I looked, and this is what I saw: a white cloud, and sitting on the cloud was One like the Son of Man, with a crown of gold on His head and a sharp sickle [of swift judgment] in His hand.

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

2 Samuel 23:3-4

The God of Israel spoke, the Rock of Israel said to me, When one rules over men righteously, ruling in the fear of God, He dawns on them like the morning light when the sun rises on a cloudless morning, when the tender grass springs out of the earth through clear shining after rain.

Clouds » Frequently the instrument of God's judgments

Genesis 7:11-12

In the year 600 of Noah's life, in the seventeenth day of the second month, that same day all the fountains of the great deep were broken up and burst forth, and the windows and floodgates of the heavens were opened. And it rained upon the earth forty days and forty nights.

Clouds » The rainbow appears in

Genesis 9:13-14

I set My bow [rainbow] in the cloud, and it shall be a token or sign of a covenant or solemn pledge between Me and the earth. And it shall be that when I bring clouds over the earth and the bow [rainbow] is seen in the clouds,

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

Proverbs 16:15


In the light of the king’s face is life,
And his favor is like a cloud bringing the spring rain.

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

Clouds » Thunder and lightning come from

Psalm 77:17-18

The clouds poured down water, the skies sent out a sound [of rumbling thunder]; Your arrows went forth [in forked lightning]. The voice of Your thunder was in the whirlwind, the lightnings illumined the world; the earth trembled and shook.

Clouds » Different kinds of, mentioned » Small

1 Kings 18:44

And at the seventh time the servant said, “A cloud as small as a man’s hand is coming up from the sea.” And Elijah said, “Go up, say to Ahab, ‘Prepare your chariot and go down, so that the rain shower does not stop you.’”

Clouds » Different kinds of, mentioned » Black

1 Kings 18:45

In a little while the sky grew dark with clouds and wind, and there were heavy showers. And Ahab mounted and rode [his chariot] and went [inland] to Jezreel.

Clouds » God » Established

Proverbs 8:28


When He made firm the skies above,
When the fountains and springs of the deep became fixed and strong,

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

Clouds » Illustrative » Of sins of men

Isaiah 44:22


“I have wiped out your transgressions like a thick cloud
And your sins like a heavy mist.
Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.”

Clouds » God » Brings over the earth

Genesis 9:14

It shall come about, when I bring clouds over the earth, that the rainbow shall be seen in the clouds,

Clouds » Different kinds of, mentioned » Great

Ezekiel 1:4

As I looked, I saw a stormy wind coming out of the north, a great cloud with fire flashing continually from it; and a brightness was around it, and in its core [there was] something like glowing [amber-colored] metal in the midst of the fire.

Clouds » Different kinds of, mentioned » Swift

Isaiah 19:1

The [mournful, inspired] oracle (a burden to be carried) concerning Egypt:

Listen carefully, the Lord is riding on a swift cloud and is about to come to Egypt;
The idols of Egypt will tremble at His presence,
And the heart of the Egyptians will melt within them.

Clouds » Called the » Waters above the firmament

Genesis 1:7

And God made the expanse [of sky] and separated the waters which were under the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse; and it was so [just as He commanded].

Clouds » Uses of » To moderate heat

Isaiah 25:5


Like heat in a dry land, You will subdue the noise of foreigners [rejoicing over their enemies];
Like heat in the shadow of a cloud, the song of the tyrants is silenced.

Clouds » Often cover the heavens

Clouds » Made for the glory of God

Psalm 148:4


Praise Him, highest heavens,
And the waters above the heavens!

Clouds » Often dispersed by the wind

Hosea 13:3


Therefore they will be [swiftly dissipated] like the morning cloud
Or like dew which soon disappears,
Like chaff which swirls with the whirlwind from the threshing floor,
And like smoke from the chimney or through the window [worthless and without substance —they will vanish].

Clouds » From the west, bring rain

Luke 12:54

He also said to the crowds, “When you see a cloud rising in the west, you immediately say, ‘It is going to rain,’ and that is how it turns out.

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

Jude 1:12

These men are hidden reefs [elements of great danger to others] in your love feasts when they feast together with you without fear, looking after [only] themselves; [they are like] clouds without water, swept along by the winds; autumn trees without fruit, doubly dead, uprooted and lifeless;

Clouds » Called the » Dust of God's feet

Nahum 1:3


The Lord is slow to anger and great in power
And He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished.
The Lord has His way in the whirlwind and in the storm,
And the clouds are the dust beneath His feet.

Clouds » Called the » Bottles of heaven

Job 38:37


“Who can count the clouds by [earthly] wisdom,
Or pour out the water jars of the heavens,

Clouds » Man » Ignorant of the spreading of

Job 36:29


“Can anyone understand the spreading of the clouds
Or the thundering of His pavilion?

Clouds » Man » Ignorant of the disposing of

Job 37:15


“Do you know how God establishes and commands them,
And makes the lightning of His [storm] cloud shine?

Clouds » Man » Ignorant of the balancing of

Job 37:16


“Do you know about the layers of thick clouds [and how they are balanced and poised in the heavens],
The wonderful works of Him who is perfect in knowledge,

Clouds » Man » Cannot cause to rain

Job 38:34


“Can you lift up your voice to the clouds,
So that an abundance of water will cover you?

Clouds » God » Balanced in the air

Job 37:16


“Do you know about the layers of thick clouds [and how they are balanced and poised in the heavens],
The wonderful works of Him who is perfect in knowledge,

Clouds » God » Disposed in order

Job 37:15


“Do you know how God establishes and commands them,
And makes the lightning of His [storm] cloud shine?

Clouds » Man » Cannot number

Job 38:37


“Who can count the clouds by [earthly] wisdom,
Or pour out the water jars of the heavens,

Clouds » Man » Cannot stay

Job 38:37


“Who can count the clouds by [earthly] wisdom,
Or pour out the water jars of the heavens,

Clouds » God » Scatters

Job 37:11


“He loads the thick cloud with moisture;
He disperses the cloud of His lightning.

Clouds » God » Spreads out

Job 26:9


“He covers the face of the full moon
And spreads His cloud over it.

Clouds » God » Binds up

Job 26:8


“He wraps the waters in His clouds [which otherwise would spill on earth all at once],
And the cloud does not burst under them.

Clouds » Are the garment of the sea

Job 38:9


When I made the clouds its garment
And thick darkness its swaddling band,

Meteorology » Clouds

Psalm 77:17


The clouds poured down water;
The skies sent out a sound [of rumbling thunder];
Your arrows (lightning) flashed here and there.

Judges 5:4


Lord, when You went out from Seir,
When You marched from the field of Edom,
The earth quaked, the heavens also dripped,
Yes, the clouds dripped water.

Job 37:16


“Do you know about the layers of thick clouds [and how they are balanced and poised in the heavens],
The wonderful works of Him who is perfect in knowledge,

Job 26:8


“He wraps the waters in His clouds [which otherwise would spill on earth all at once],
And the cloud does not burst under them.

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