Psalm 147:8 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁸ He covers the heavens with clouds, he prepares rain for the earth, he makes grass grow upon the hills.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, Who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ Who covers the heavens with clouds, Who prepares rain for the earth, Who makes grass to grow on the mountains.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ Who covereth the heavens with clouds, Who prepareth rain for the earth, Who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.

Common English Bible

⁸ God covers the skies with clouds; God makes rain for the earth; God makes the mountains sprout green grass.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ He announces his word to Jacob, his justices and his judgments to Israel.

Psalm 147:8 Cross References

Genesis 9:14

When I bring clouds over the earth and the bow is seen in the clouds,

Job 5:10

he gives rain upon the earth and sends waters upon the fields;

Psalm 135:1

Praise the Lord! Praise the name of the Lord, give praise, O servants of the Lord,

Proverbs 27:25

When the grass is gone, and the new growth appears, and the herbage of the mountains is gathered,

Isaiah 5:6

I will make it a waste; it shall not be pruned or hoed, and briers and thorns shall grow up; I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.

Jeremiah 14:22

Are there any among the false gods of the nations that can bring rain? Or can the heavens give showers? Art thou not he, O Lord our God? We set our hope on thee, for thou doest all these things.

Joel 2:23

“Be glad, O sons of Zion, and rejoice in the Lord, your God; for he has given the early rain for your vindication, he has poured down for you abundant rain, the early and the latter rain, as before.

Matthew 5:45

so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.

Acts 14:17

yet he did not leave himself without witness, for he did good and gave you from heaven rains and fruitful seasons, satisfying your hearts with food and gladness.”