Jeremiah 10:13
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13 When he utters his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens,
and he makes the mist rise from the ends of the earth.
He makes lightning for the rain
and brings out the wind from his storehouses.(A)
Psalm 135:7
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7 He it is who makes the clouds rise at the end of the earth;
he makes lightnings for the rain
and brings out the wind from his storehouses.(A)
Job 38:22
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22 “Have you entered the storehouses of the snow,
or have you seen the storehouses of the hail,(A)
Job 38:34-35
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34 “Can you lift up your voice to the clouds,
so that a flood of waters may cover you?(A)
35 Can you send forth lightnings, so that they may go
and say to you, ‘Here we are’?(B)
Psalm 147:8
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8 He covers the heavens with clouds,
prepares rain for the earth,
makes grass grow on the hills.(A)
Psalm 135:17
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17 they have ears, but they do not hear,
a nose, but there is no breath in their mouths.
Psalm 68:33
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33 O rider in the heavens, the ancient heavens;
listen, he sends out his voice, his mighty voice.(A)
Psalm 29:3-10
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3 The voice of the Lord is over the waters;
the God of glory thunders,
the Lord, over mighty waters.(A)
4 The voice of the Lord is powerful;
the voice of the Lord is full of majesty.(B)
5 The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars;
the Lord breaks the cedars of Lebanon.(C)
6 He makes Lebanon skip like a calf
and Sirion like a young wild ox.(D)
7 The voice of the Lord flashes forth flames of fire.
8 The voice of the Lord shakes the wilderness;
the Lord shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.(E)
9 The voice of the Lord causes the oaks to whirl[a]
and strips the forest bare,
and in his temple all say, “Glory!”(F)
10 The Lord sits enthroned over the flood;
the Lord sits enthroned as king forever.(G)
Footnotes
- 29.9 Or causes the deer to calve
Psalm 18:13
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- 18.13 Gk: Heb adds hailstones and coals of fire
Job 38:25-27
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25 “Who has cut a channel for the torrents of rain
and a way for the thunderbolt,(A)
26 to bring rain on a land where no one lives,
on the desert, which is empty of human life,(B)
27 to satisfy the waste and desolate land,
and to make the ground put forth grass?(C)
Job 37:2-5
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2 Listen, listen to the thunder of his voice
and the rumbling that comes from his mouth.(A)
3 Under the whole heaven he lets it loose,
and his lightning to the corners of the earth.
4 After it his voice roars;
he thunders with his majestic voice,
and he does not restrain the lightnings[a] when his voice is heard.(B)
5 God thunders wondrously with his voice;
he does great things that we cannot comprehend.(C)
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- 37.4 Heb them
Job 36:27-33
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27 For he draws up the drops of water;
he distills[a] his mist in rain,(A)
28 which the skies pour down
and drop upon mortals abundantly.
29 Can anyone understand the spreading of the clouds,
the thunderings of his pavilion?(B)
30 See, he scatters his lightning around him
and covers the roots of the sea.
31 For by these he governs peoples;
he gives food in abundance.(C)
32 He covers his hands with the lightning
and commands it to strike the mark.(D)
33 Its crashing[b] tells about him;
he is jealous[c] with anger against iniquity.(E)
1 Kings 18:45-46
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45 In a little while the heavens grew black with clouds and wind; there was a heavy rain. Ahab rode off and went to Jezreel. 46 But the hand of the Lord was on Elijah; he girded up his loins and ran in front of Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.(A)
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1 Kings 18:41
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The Drought Ends
41 Elijah said to Ahab, “Go up, eat and drink, for there is a sound of rushing rain.”
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1 Samuel 12:17-18
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17 Is it not the wheat harvest today? I will call upon the Lord, that he may send thunder and rain, and you shall know and see that the wickedness that you have done in the sight of the Lord is great in demanding a king for yourselves.”(A) 18 So Samuel called upon the Lord, and the Lord sent thunder and rain that day, and all the people greatly feared the Lord and Samuel.(B)
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Exodus 9:23
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23 Then Moses stretched out his staff toward heaven, and the Lord sent thunder and hail, and fire came down on the earth. And the Lord rained hail on the land of Egypt;(A)
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Zechariah 10:1
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Restoration of Judah and Israel
10 Ask rain from the Lord
in the season of the spring rain,
from the Lord who makes the storm clouds,
who gives showers of rain to you,[a]
the vegetation in the field to everyone.(A)
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- 10.1 Heb them
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