'Clouds' in the Bible

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

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

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

In a little while the sky grew black with clouds and wind, and there was a heavy shower. And Ahab rode and went to Jezreel.

“Though his loftiness reaches the heavens,And his head touches the clouds,

‘Clouds are a hiding place for Him, so that He cannot see;And He walks on the vault of heaven.’

“He wraps up the waters in His clouds,And the cloud does not burst under them.

“Look at the heavens and see;And behold the clouds—they are higher than you.

Which the clouds pour down,They drip upon man abundantly.

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

“Do you know about the layers of the thick clouds,The wonders of one perfect in knowledge,

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

“Who can count the clouds by wisdom,Or tip the water jars of the heavens,

He made darkness His hiding place, His canopy around Him,Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

From the brightness before Him passed His thick clouds,Hailstones and coals of fire.

For Your lovingkindness is great to the heavensAnd Your truth to the clouds.

The clouds poured out water;The skies gave forth a sound;Your arrows flashed here and there.

Yet He commanded the clouds aboveAnd opened the doors of heaven;

Clouds and thick darkness surround Him;Righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne.

He lays the beams of His upper chambers in the waters;He makes the clouds His chariot;He walks upon the wings of the wind;

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

Fire and hail, snow and clouds;Stormy wind, fulfilling His word;

Like clouds and wind without rainIs a man who boasts of his gifts falsely.

If the clouds are full, they pour out rain upon the earth; and whether a tree falls toward the south or toward the north, wherever the tree falls, there it lies.

He who watches the wind will not sow and he who looks at the clouds will not reap.

before the sun and the light, the moon and the stars are darkened, and clouds return after the rain;

“I will lay it waste;It will not be pruned or hoed,But briars and thorns will come up.I will also charge the clouds to rain no rain on it.”

And it will growl over it in that day like the roaring of the sea.If one looks to the land, behold, there is darkness and distress;Even the light is darkened by its clouds.

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

“Drip down, O heavens, from above,And let the clouds pour down righteousness;Let the earth open up and salvation bear fruit,And righteousness spring up with it.I, the Lord, have created it.

“Behold, he goes up like clouds,And his chariots like the whirlwind;His horses are swifter than eagles.Woe to us, for we are ruined!”

When He utters His voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens,And He causes the clouds to ascend from the end of the earth;He makes lightning for the rain,And brings out the wind from His storehouses.

When He utters His voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens,And He causes the clouds to ascend from the end of the earth;He makes lightning for the rainAnd brings forth the wind from His storehouses.

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

‘And it had strong branches fit for scepters of rulers,And its height was raised above the cloudsSo that it was seen in its height with the mass of its branches.

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

‘Behold, Assyria was a cedar in LebanonWith beautiful branches and forest shade,And very high,And its top was among the clouds.

‘Therefore thus says the Lord God, “Because it is high in stature and has set its top among the clouds, and its heart is haughty in its loftiness,

so that all the trees by the waters may not be exalted in their stature, nor set their top among the clouds, nor their well-watered mighty ones stand erect in their height. For they have all been given over to death, to the earth beneath, among the sons of men, with those who go down to the pit.”

“I kept looking in the night visions,And behold, with the clouds of heavenOne like a Son of Man was coming,And He came up to the Ancient of DaysAnd was presented before Him.

A day of darkness and gloom,A day of clouds and thick darkness.As the dawn is spread over the mountains,So there is a great and mighty people;There has never been anything like it,Nor will there be again after itTo the years of many generations.

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

A day of wrath is that day,A day of trouble and distress,A day of destruction and desolation,A day of darkness and gloom,A day of clouds and thick darkness,

Ask rain from the Lord at the time of the spring rain—The Lord who makes the storm clouds;And He will give them showers of rain, vegetation in the field to each man.

And then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky with power and great glory.

Jesus *said to him, “You have said it yourself; nevertheless I tell you, hereafter you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming on the clouds of heaven.”

Then they will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory.

And Jesus said, “I am; and you shall see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming with the clouds of heaven.”

Then we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we shall always be with the Lord.

These are the men who are hidden reefs in your love feasts when they feast with you without fear, caring for themselves; clouds without water, carried along by winds; autumn trees without fruit, doubly dead, uprooted;

Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see Him, even those who pierced Him; and all the tribes of the earth will mourn over Him. So it is to be. Amen.