45 Bible Verses about clouds

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Lamentations 3:44

You have covered yourself in a cloud {so that prayer cannot pass through}.

Psalm 108:4

because your loyal love [is] great above [the] heavens, and your faithfulness [reaches] to [the] clouds.

Psalm 57:10

Because your loyal love [is] high to [the] heavens, and your faithfulness to [the] clouds.

2 Samuel 23:4

Like the light of [the] morning when the sun rises, shining with no clouds, [bringing] vegetation from the earth apart from rain.'

Deuteronomy 33:26

"There is no [one] like God, O, Jeshurun, who rides [through] the heavens to your help, and with his majesty [through the] skies.

Luke 12:54

And he also said to the crowds, "When you see a cloud coming up in the west, you say at once, 'A rainstorm is coming,' and so it happens.

Job 37:16

Do you know about the hovering of the clouds, {the marvelous works of the one with perfect knowledge}?

Isaiah 45:8

Trickle, O heavens, from above, and let clouds trickle [with] righteousness; let [the] earth open so that salvation may be fruitful, and let it cause righteousness to sprout along with it. I myself, Yahweh, have created it.

Psalm 18:9

So he bowed [the] heavens and came down with a thick cloud under his feet.

Ezekiel 30:3

For a day [is] near; indeed, a day [is] near for Yahweh. A day of cloud, a time of [the] nations it will be.

Psalm 68:4

Sing to God, sing praises to his name. Lift up [a song] to [the] rider on the clouds--his name is Yah-- and rejoice before him.

Ecclesiastes 11:3

When the clouds are full, they empty rain on the earth. Whether a tree falls to the south or whether it falls to the north, the place where the tree falls--there it will be.

Job 35:5

"Look at [the] heavens, and see; and observe [the] clouds [that] are higher than you.

Mark 14:62

And Jesus said, "I am, and you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Power and coming with the clouds of heaven."

Job 37:21

So then, they do not look at the light [when it is] bright in the skies, when [the] wind has passed and has cleansed them.

Psalm 105:39

He spread out a cloud for a covering, and fire to give light at night.

Proverbs 25:14

[Like] clouds and wind when there is no rain, [so too is] a man who boasts in a gift of deception.

Isaiah 14:14

I will ascend to [the] high places of [the] clouds, I will make myself like the Most High.'

Ezekiel 1:28

Like the appearance of a bow that is in the cloud on {a rainy day}, such [was] the radiance around it; [thus was] the appearance of the likeness of the glory of Yahweh. And I saw, and I fell on my face, and I heard a voice speaking.

Numbers 9:17

[Whenever] the cloud lifted up from on the tent, after that the {Israelites} would set out, and in the place where the cloud dwelled, there the {Israelites} camped.

Job 26:8

[He] ties up [the] water in its clouds, and [the] cloud is not torn open beneath it.

Acts 2:19

And I will cause wonders in the heaven above and signs on the earth below, blood and fire and vapor of smoke.

Revelation 14:14

And I looked, and behold, a white cloud, and on the cloud was seated [one] like a son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.

Exodus 24:15

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

Psalm 104:3

the one who sets beams in the waters [for] his upper chambers, who makes clouds his chariot, who rides on [the] wings of [the] wind,

Job 36:32

He covers [his] hands [with] lightning, and he commands it the place at [which] to strike.

Psalm 135:7

[He] causes clouds to rise from the edge of the earth; he makes lightnings for the rain; [he] brings out [the] wind from his storehouses.

Exodus 40:34

And the cloud covered the tent of assembly, and the glory of Yahweh filled the tabernacle.

Zephaniah 1:15

That day [will be] a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of disaster and ruination, a day of darkness and deep gloom, a day of clouds and thick clouds,

Proverbs 16:15

In the light of the face of the king [there is] life, and his favor [is] like a cloud of spring rain.

Exodus 14:24

And during the morning watch, Yahweh looked down to the Egyptian camp [from] in the column of fire and cloud, and he threw the Egyptian camp into a panic.

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Armies » Compared to » Clouds

Ezekiel 38:9-16

And you will advance like a storm; you will come, [and] you will be like a cloud {covering} the land, and all of your troops and many nations [along] with you." " 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "{And then} on that day, things will come up on your mind, and you will devise evil plans. And you will say, 'I will go up against a land of open country; I will come [to] the [people] being at rest {in safety}, all of them dwelling without a wall and crossbars and {without doors}, read more.
to loot loot, and to plunder plunder, {to assail} inhabited ruins and people gathered together from [various] peoples [and who are] acquiring livestock and goods [and] dwelling at the center of the world. Sheba and Dedan and traders of Tarshish and all its strong lions, they [will] ask you, 'To loot loot are you coming? To plunder plunder [have] you summoned your assembly, to take away silver and gold, to take livestock and goods, to loot great amounts of loot?" ' "Therefore prophesy, son of man, and you must say to Gog, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Will you not realize on that day when my people Israel are dwelling {in safety}, and [so] you will come from your place, from [the] remote areas of [the] north, you and many people with you, {horsemen} all of them, a great crowd and a vast army, and you will advance against my people Israel like a cloud {covering} the land; it will be in the last days, and I will bring you against my land, so that the nations know me, {when I show myself holy through you} before their eyes, O Gog!" '

Clouds » Illustrative » Of judgments of God

Ezekiel 34:12

[just] like [the] caring of a shepherd [for] his herd on the day when he is in the midst of his scattered flock. Thus I will look after my flock, and I will deliver them from all the places {to which they were scattered} on [the] day {of storm and stress}.

Lamentations 2:1

How, {in his anger}, the Lord has covered the daughter of Zion in a cloud! He has thrown down from heavens [to] earth the splendor of Israel, and he has not remembered his footstool in the day of {his anger}.

Ezekiel 30:3

For a day [is] near; indeed, a day [is] near for Yahweh. A day of cloud, a time of [the] nations it will be.

Joel 2:2

A day of darkness and gloom, a day of cloud and thick darkness, like the dawn spreads on the mountains, a great and strong army! There has been nothing like it from old, and after it nothing will be again {for generations to come}.

Clouds » Illustrative » Of hostile armies

Jeremiah 4:13

Look, he comes up like the clouds, and his chariots [are] like the whirlwind, his horses are swifter than eagles, woe to us, for we are devastated.

Ezekiel 38:9

And you will advance like a storm; you will come, [and] you will be like a cloud {covering} the land, and all of your troops and many nations [along] with you."

Ezekiel 38:16

and you will advance against my people Israel like a cloud {covering} the land; it will be in the last days, and I will bring you against my land, so that the nations know me, {when I show myself holy through you} before their eyes, O Gog!" '

Clouds » Illustrative » Of unsearchableness of God

Ezekiel 1:4

And I looked, and look! A storm wind [was] coming from the north, a great cloud, and fire flashing back and forth, and brightness around [and] {within it}, and from its midst [it was] like [the] outward appearance of amber stone from the midst of the fire.

2 Samuel 22:12

He put darkness [as] a canopy all around him, a collection of {thick rain clouds}.

Clouds » Power and wisdom of God exhibited in forming

Psalm 135:6

All that Yahweh desires, he does, in heaven and on earth, in the seas and all [the] depths.

Clouds » Uses of » To give rain

Judges 5:4

Yahweh, when you went down from Seir, when you marched from the region of Edom, the earth trembled, the heavens poured down, the clouds poured down water.

Psalm 104:13-14

[You are the one who] {waters} [the] mountains from his upper chambers. The earth is full with the fruit of your labors: [who] causes grass to grow for the cattle and herbs for the service of humankind, to bring forth food from the earth,

Clouds » Called the » Clouds of heaven

Clouds » Called the » Windows of heaven

Genesis 7:11

In the six hundredth year of the life of Noah, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month--on that day all the springs of the great deep were split open, and the windows of heaven were opened.

Isaiah 24:18

And this shall happen: The one who flees from the sound of the terror shall fall into the pit, and the one who goes up from {inside the pit} shall be caught in the snare, for [the] windows from heaven are opened, and [the] foundations of [the] earth tremble.

Clouds » Uses of » To supply dew

Proverbs 3:20

With his knowledge, depths broke open, and clouds dropped dew.

Isaiah 18:4

For Yahweh said this to me: "I will be quiet, and I will look from my dwelling place like {clear heat because of light}, like a cloud of dew in [the] heat of harvest."

Clouds » Different kinds of, mentioned » Bright

Zechariah 10:1

Ask rain from Yahweh in the season of [the] spring rain-- Yahweh, who makes storm clouds, and he gives showers of rain to them, to everyone vegetation in the field.

Job 37:11

Also, he loads down thick clouds with moisture; his lightning scatters [the] clouds.

Clouds » Illustrative » Of multitudes of persons

Isaiah 60:8

Who [are] these? They fly like cloud, and like doves to their coops.

Clouds » Called the » Chambers of God

Psalm 104:3

the one who sets beams in the waters [for] his upper chambers, who makes clouds his chariot, who rides on [the] wings of [the] wind,

Psalm 104:13

[You are the one who] {waters} [the] mountains from his upper chambers. The earth is full with the fruit of your labors:

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

Isaiah 19:1

An oracle of Egypt: Look! Yahweh [is] riding on a swift cloud and [is] coming [to] Egypt. And the idols of Egypt will tremble in front of him, and the heart of Egypt melts in his inner parts.

Psalm 104:3

the one who sets beams in the waters [for] his upper chambers, who makes clouds his chariot, who rides on [the] wings of [the] wind,

Clouds » Power and wisdom of God exhibited in condensing

Job 36:27

Indeed, he draws up [the] drops of water; he distills [the] rain into its mist,

Job 37:10-11

By God's breath, ice is given, and [the] broad waters [are] frozen. Also, he loads down thick clouds with moisture; his lightning scatters [the] clouds.

Clouds » Often obscure the sun, &c

Job 36:32

He covers [his] hands [with] lightning, and he commands it the place at [which] to strike.

Ezekiel 32:7

And I will cover [you] at extinguishing your heavens, and I will make dark their stars, and I will cover [the] sun with the cloud, and [the] moon will not give its light.

Clouds » Formed from the sea

1 Kings 18:44

It happened that at the seventh time, he said, "Look, there is a small cloud, as [the] hand of a man, coming up from the sea." Then [Elijah] said, "Go up, say to Ahab, 'Harness [your horses] and go down, lest the rain stop you.'"

Amos 9:6

who builds his upper chambers in the heavens and lays the foundation of his vault on the earth, who calls for the waters of the sea and pours them on the surface of the earth--Yahweh is his name.

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

Hosea 6:4

What will I do with you, Ephraim? What will I do with you, Judah? Your love [is] like a morning cloud, like the dew that goes away early in the morning.

Hosea 13:3

Therefore, they will be like the morning cloud, and like [the] dew of early morning going [away], like chaff swirling from [the] threshing floor, or like smoke from a window.

Clouds » Different kinds of, mentioned » Thick

Job 22:14

Thick clouds [are] a covering for him, so that he does not see; and he walks about on [the] dome of heaven.'

Job 37:11

Also, he loads down thick clouds with moisture; his lightning scatters [the] clouds.

Clouds » Small » A large amount » Rain

1 Kings 18:44-45

It happened that at the seventh time, he said, "Look, there is a small cloud, as [the] hand of a man, coming up from the sea." Then [Elijah] said, "Go up, say to Ahab, 'Harness [your horses] and go down, lest the rain stop you.'" {In no time} the heavens grew black [with] clouds and wind, and there was heavy rain. Ahab rode and he went to Jezreel,

Clouds » Different kinds of, mentioned » White

Revelation 14:14

And I looked, and behold, a white cloud, and on the cloud was seated [one] like a son of man, having on 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

The God of Israel said to me, the rock of Israel has spoken; 'He who rules over mankind rules righteously, in the fear of God. Like the light of [the] morning when the sun rises, shining with no clouds, [bringing] vegetation from the earth apart from rain.'

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, on the seventeenth day of the month--on that day all the springs of the great deep were split open, and the windows of heaven were opened. And the rain came upon the earth forty days and forty nights.

Clouds » The rainbow appears in

Genesis 9:13-14

My bow I have set in the clouds, and it shall be for a sign of [the] covenant between me and between the earth. And when I make clouds appear over the earth the bow shall be seen in the clouds.

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

Proverbs 16:15

In the light of the face of the king [there is] life, and his favor [is] like a cloud of spring rain.

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

Proverbs 25:14

[Like] clouds and wind when there is no rain, [so too is] a man who boasts in a gift of deception.

Clouds » Thunder and lightning come from

Psalm 77:17-18

[The] clouds poured out water. [The] skies {thundered}. Your arrows also {flew about}. The sound of your thunder [was] in the whirlwind; lightnings lit [the] world; the earth shook and quaked.

Clouds » Different kinds of, mentioned » Small

1 Kings 18:44

It happened that at the seventh time, he said, "Look, there is a small cloud, as [the] hand of a man, coming up from the sea." Then [Elijah] said, "Go up, say to Ahab, 'Harness [your horses] and go down, lest the rain stop you.'"

Clouds » Different kinds of, mentioned » Black

1 Kings 18:45

{In no time} the heavens grew black [with] clouds and wind, and there was heavy rain. Ahab rode and he went to Jezreel,

Clouds » God » Established

Proverbs 8:28

{when he made} skies from above, when he founded fountains of the deep,

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

Clouds » Illustrative » Of sins of men

Clouds » God » Brings over the earth

Genesis 9:14

And when I make clouds appear over the earth the bow shall be seen in the clouds.

Clouds » Different kinds of, mentioned » Great

Ezekiel 1:4

And I looked, and look! A storm wind [was] coming from the north, a great cloud, and fire flashing back and forth, and brightness around [and] {within it}, and from its midst [it was] like [the] outward appearance of amber stone from the midst of the fire.

Clouds » Different kinds of, mentioned » Swift

Isaiah 19:1

An oracle of Egypt: Look! Yahweh [is] riding on a swift cloud and [is] coming [to] Egypt. And the idols of Egypt will tremble in front of him, and the heart of Egypt melts in his inner parts.

Clouds » Called the » Waters above the firmament

Genesis 1:7

So God made the vaulted dome, and he caused a separation between the waters which [were] under the vaulted dome and between the waters which were over the vaulted dome. And it was so.

Clouds » Uses of » To moderate heat

Isaiah 25:5

[the] noise of foreigners like heat in a dry land. You subdued [the] heat with [the] shade of a cloud; [the] song of [the] ruthless was silenced.

Clouds » Often cover the heavens

Clouds » Made for the glory of God

Psalm 148:4

Praise him, {highest heavens}, and waters above the heavens.

Clouds » Often dispersed by the wind

Hosea 13:3

Therefore, they will be like the morning cloud, and like [the] dew of early morning going [away], like chaff swirling from [the] threshing floor, or like smoke from a window.

Clouds » From the west, bring rain

Luke 12:54

And he also said to the crowds, "When you see a cloud coming up in the west, you say at once, 'A rainstorm is coming,' and so it happens.

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

Jude 1:12

These are the ones feasting together without reverence, hidden reefs at your love feasts, caring for themselves, waterless clouds carried away by winds, late autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, uprooted,

Clouds » Called the » Dust of God's feet

Nahum 1:3

Yahweh is slow to anger but great [in] power; he will certainly not allow [the guilty] to go unpunished. {He marches} in storm wind and in gale; storm clouds [are the] dust of his feet.

Clouds » Called the » Bottles of heaven

Clouds » Man » Ignorant of the spreading of

Job 36:29

"Moreover, {can anyone understand} [the] spreading of clouds, [the] thundering of his dwelling place?

Clouds » Man » Ignorant of the disposing of

Job 37:15

Do you know {how God commands them} and [how] he causes his cloud's lightning to shine?

Clouds » Man » Ignorant of the balancing of

Job 37:16

Do you know about the hovering of the clouds, {the marvelous works of the one with perfect knowledge}?

Clouds » Man » Cannot cause to rain

Job 38:34

Can you lift up your voice to the clouds so that a flood of water may cover you?

Clouds » God » Balanced in the air

Job 37:16

Do you know about the hovering of the clouds, {the marvelous works of the one with perfect knowledge}?

Clouds » God » Disposed in order

Job 37:15

Do you know {how God commands them} and [how] he causes his cloud's lightning to shine?

Clouds » Man » Cannot number

Clouds » Man » Cannot stay

Clouds » God » Scatters

Job 37:11

Also, he loads down thick clouds with moisture; his lightning scatters [the] clouds.

Clouds » God » Spreads out

Job 26:9

[He] covers [the] face of [the] full moon; [he] spreads his cloud over it.

Clouds » God » Binds up

Job 26:8

[He] ties up [the] water in its clouds, and [the] cloud is not torn open beneath it.

Clouds » Are the garment of the sea

Job 38:9

at my making [the] clouds its garment and thick darkness its swaddling band,

Meteorology » Clouds

Psalm 77:17

[The] clouds poured out water. [The] skies {thundered}. Your arrows also {flew about}.

Judges 5:4

Yahweh, when you went down from Seir, when you marched from the region of Edom, the earth trembled, the heavens poured down, the clouds poured down water.

Job 37:16

Do you know about the hovering of the clouds, {the marvelous works of the one with perfect knowledge}?

Job 26:8

[He] ties up [the] water in its clouds, and [the] cloud is not torn open beneath it.

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Clouds, Natural Use

Genesis 9:13

My bow I have set in the clouds, and it shall be for a sign of [the] covenant between me and between the earth.

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