Amos 5:8

New International Reader's Version

The Lord made the Pleiades and Orion. He turns midnight into sunrise. He makes the day fade into night. He sends for the waters in the clouds. Then he pours them out on the surface of the land. His name is the Lord.

Cross References

Job 12:22

He tells people the secrets of darkness. He brings total darkness out into the light.

Job 37:13

He tells the clouds to punish people. Or he brings them to water his earth and show his love.

Job 38:34

“Can you give orders to the clouds? Can you make them pour rain down on you?

Job 9:9

He made the Big Dipper and Orion. He created the Pleiades and the southern stars.

Psalm 104:20

You, Lord, bring darkness, and it becomes night. Then all the animals of the forest prowl around.

Psalm 105:28

The Lord sent darkness over the land. He did it because the Egyptians had refused to obey his words.

Isaiah 42:16

Israel is blind. So I will lead them along paths they had not known before. I will guide them on roads they are not familiar with. I will turn the darkness into light as they travel. I will make the rough places smooth. Those are the things I will do. I will not desert my people.

Isaiah 59:10

Like blind people we feel our way along the wall. We are like those who can’t see. At noon we trip and fall as if the sun had already set. Compared to those who are healthy, we are like dead people.

Jeremiah 16:21

The Lord says, “So I will teach them about myself. This time I will show them how powerful and mighty I am. Then they will know that I am the Lord.

Jeremiah 33:2

“I made the earth. I formed it. And I set it in place. The Lord is my name.

Amos 4:13

The Lord forms the mountains. He creates the wind. He makes his thoughts known to human beings. He turns sunrise into darkness. He rules over even the highest places on earth. His name is the Lord God Who Rules Over All.

Amos 8:9

The Lord and King announces, “At that time I will make the sun go down at noon. The earth will become dark in the middle of the day.

Amos 9:6

The Lord builds his palace high in the heavens. He lays its foundation on the earth. He sends for the waters in the clouds. Then he pours them out on the surface of the land. His name is the Lord.

Matthew 4:16

The people who are now living in darkness have seen a great light. They are now living in a very dark land. But a light has shined on them.” (Isaiah 9:1,2)

Luke 1:79

It will shine on those living in darkness and in the shadow of death. It will guide our feet on the path of peace.”