Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version He covers the sky with clouds; he supplies the earth with rain and makes grass grow on the hills. New Living Translation He covers the heavens with clouds, provides rain for the earth, and makes the grass grow in mountain pastures. English Standard Version He covers the heavens with clouds; he prepares rain for the earth; he makes grass grow on the hills. Berean Standard Bible who covers the sky with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow on the hills. King James Bible Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains. New King James Version Who covers the heavens with clouds, Who prepares rain for the earth, Who makes grass to grow on the mountains. New American Standard Bible It is He who covers the heavens with clouds, Who provides rain for the earth, Who makes grass sprout on the mountains. NASB 1995 Who covers the heavens with clouds, Who provides rain for the earth, Who makes grass to grow on the mountains. NASB 1977 Who covers the heavens with clouds, Who provides rain for the earth, Who makes grass to grow on the mountains. Legacy Standard Bible He is the One who covers the heavens with clouds, The One who provides rain for the earth, The One who makes grass to sprout on the mountains, Amplified Bible Who covers the heavens with clouds, Who provides rain for the earth, Who makes grass grow on the mountains. Christian Standard Bible who covers the sky with clouds, prepares rain for the earth, and causes grass to grow on the hills. Holman Christian Standard Bible who covers the sky with clouds, prepares rain for the earth, and causes grass to grow on the hills. American Standard Version Who covereth the heavens with clouds, Who prepareth rain for the earth, Who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Who hides Heaven with clouds; he gives rain upon the Earth and he makes the grass sprout upon the mountains. Brenton Septuagint Translation who covers the heaven with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who causes grass to spring up on the mountains, and green herb for the service of men; Contemporary English Version He fills the sky with clouds and sends rain to the earth, so that the hills will be green with grass. Douay-Rheims Bible Who covereth the heaven with clouds, and prepareth rain for the earth. Who maketh grass to grow on the mountains, and herbs for the service of men. English Revised Version Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains. GOD'S WORD® Translation He covers the sky with clouds. He provides rain for the ground. He makes grass grow on the mountains. Good News Translation He spreads clouds over the sky; he provides rain for the earth and makes grass 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. JPS Tanakh 1917 Who covereth the heaven with clouds, Who prepareth rain for the earth, Who maketh the mountains to spring with grass. Literal Standard Version Who is covering the heavens with clouds, | Who is preparing rain for the earth, | Who is causing grass to spring up [on] mountains, Majority Standard Bible who covers the sky with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow on the hills. New American Bible Who covers the heavens with clouds, provides rain for the earth, makes grass sprout 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 Revised Standard Version He covers the heavens with clouds, prepares rain for the earth, makes grass grow on the hills. New Heart English Bible who covers the sky with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass grow on the mountains. Webster's Bible Translation 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. Young's 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, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context It is Good to Sing Praises…7Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving; make music on the harp to our God, 8who covers the sky with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow on the hills. 9He provides food for the animals, and for the young ravens when they call.… Cross References Job 5:10 He gives rain to the earth and sends water upon the fields. Job 26:8 He wraps up the waters in His clouds, yet the clouds do not burst under their own weight. Job 36:27 For He draws up drops of water which distill the rain from the mist, Job 38:26 to bring rain on a barren land, on a desert where no man lives, Job 38:27 to satisfy the parched wasteland and make it sprout with tender grass? Job 38:28 Does the rain have a father? Who has begotten the drops of dew? Psalm 65:9 You attend to the earth and water it; with abundance You enrich it. The streams of God are full of water, for You prepare our grain by providing for the earth. Treasury of Scripture Who covers the heaven with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow on the mountains. covereth Psalm 135:1 Praise ye the LORD. Praise ye the name of the LORD; praise him, O ye servants of the LORD. Genesis 9:14 And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud: 1 Kings 18:44,45 And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man's hand. And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Prepare thy chariot, and get thee down, that the rain stop thee not… prepareth Psalm 65:9-13 Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it… Psalm 104:13,14 He watereth the hills from his chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works… Job 5:10 Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields: Jump to Previous Causing Clouds Covered Covereth Covering Covers Earth Grass Grow Hand Heaven Heavens Hills Makes Maketh Mountains Prepares Prepareth Preparing Provides Rain Sky Spring SuppliesJump to Next Causing Clouds Covered Covereth Covering Covers Earth Grass Grow Hand Heaven Heavens Hills Makes Maketh Mountains Prepares Prepareth Preparing Provides Rain Sky Spring SuppliesPsalm 147 1. The prophet exhorts to praise God for his care of the church4. His power and wisdom 6. His mercy 7. His providence 12. To praise him for his blessings upon the kingdom 15. For his power over the elements 19. And for his ordinances in the church Verse 8. - Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth. In the parched and sultry East "clouds" and "rain" are a boon that we of the temperate West can scarcely appreciate. The cruel heat of the solar rays in a clear sky for weeks or months together causes a longing of the intensest kind for shade and moisture. Man and beast alike rejoice when the time of the autumn rains draws near, and the cloudless blue of the summer heaven gives place (of a sky that is gray and overcast (comp. Job 38:25-41; Psalm 104:13). Who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains. The "mountains," and even the plains of Palestine, are, with rare exceptions, completely burnt up at the close of summer, and show no verdure, but merely an arid sapless, brown or buff vegetation. When the" former rain" begins, a great change begins. Tender green blades of grass at once sprout up, and in a little time the whole country shows a tinge of verdure. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew who coversהַֽמְכַסֶּ֬ה (ham·ḵas·seh) Article | Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 3680: To plump, fill up hollows, to cover the sky שָׁמַ֨יִם ׀ (šā·ma·yim) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 8064: Heaven, sky with clouds, בְּעָבִ֗ים (bə·‘ā·ḇîm) Preposition-b | Noun - common plural Strong's 5645: An envelope, darkness, a, cloud, a copse who prepares הַמֵּכִ֣ין (ham·mê·ḵîn) Article | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 3559: To be erect rain מָטָ֑ר (mā·ṭār) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4306: Rain for the earth, לָאָ֣רֶץ (lā·’ā·reṣ) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 776: Earth, land who makes grass חָצִֽיר׃ (ḥā·ṣîr) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2682: Green grass, herbage to grow הַמַּצְמִ֖יחַ (ham·maṣ·mî·aḥ) Article | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 6779: To sprout, spring up on the hills. הָרִ֣ים (hā·rîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 2022: Mountain, hill, hill country Links Psalm 147:8 NIVPsalm 147:8 NLT Psalm 147:8 ESV Psalm 147:8 NASB Psalm 147:8 KJV Psalm 147:8 BibleApps.com Psalm 147:8 Biblia Paralela Psalm 147:8 Chinese Bible Psalm 147:8 French Bible Psalm 147:8 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 147:8 Who covers the sky with clouds who (Psalm Ps Psa.) |