He says to the snow,(A) ‘Fall on the earth,’
    and to the rain shower, ‘Be a mighty downpour.’(B)

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For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength.

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22 “Have you entered the storehouses of the snow(A)
    or seen the storehouses(B) of the hail,(C)

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22 Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,

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27 “He draws up the drops of water,(A)
    which distill as rain to the streams[a];(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 36:27 Or distill from the mist as rain

27 For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof:

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13 “‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: In my wrath I will unleash a violent wind, and in my anger hailstones(A) and torrents of rain(B) will fall with destructive fury.(C)

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13 Therefore thus saith the Lord God; I will even rend it with a stormy wind in my fury; and there shall be an overflowing shower in mine anger, and great hailstones in my fury to consume it.

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16 He spreads the snow(A) like wool
    and scatters the frost(B) like ashes.
17 He hurls down his hail(C) like pebbles.
    Who can withstand his icy blast?
18 He sends his word(D) and melts them;
    he stirs up his breezes,(E) and the waters flow.

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16 He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes.

17 He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold?

18 He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow.

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he builds his lofty palace[a](A) in the heavens
    and sets its foundation[b] on the earth;
he calls for the waters of the sea
    and pours them out over the face of the land—
    the Lord is his name.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 9:6 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.
  2. Amos 9:6 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.

It is he that buildeth his stories in the heaven, and hath founded his troop in the earth; he that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The Lord is his name.

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11 therefore tell those who cover it with whitewash that it is going to fall. Rain will come in torrents, and I will send hailstones(A) hurtling down,(B) and violent winds will burst forth.(C)

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11 Say unto them which daub it with untempered morter, that it shall fall: there shall be an overflowing shower; and ye, O great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall rend it.

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A ruler[a] who oppresses the poor
    is like a driving rain that leaves no crops.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 28:3 Or A poor person

A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.

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lightning and hail,(A) snow and clouds,
    stormy winds that do his bidding,(B)

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Fire, and hail; snow, and vapours; stormy wind fulfilling his word:

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13 But there are many people here and it is the rainy season; so we cannot stand outside. Besides, this matter cannot be taken care of in a day or two, because we have sinned greatly in this thing.

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13 But the people are many, and it is a time of much rain, and we are not able to stand without, neither is this a work of one day or two: for we are many that have transgressed in this thing.

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Within the three days, all the men of Judah and Benjamin(A) had gathered in Jerusalem. And on the twentieth day of the ninth month, all the people were sitting in the square before the house of God, greatly distressed by the occasion and because of the rain.

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Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves together unto Jerusalem within three days. It was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month; and all the people sat in the street of the house of God, trembling because of this matter, and for the great rain.

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10 And after the seven days(A) the floodwaters came on the earth.

11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life,(B) on the seventeenth day of the second month(C)—on that day all the springs of the great deep(D) burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens(E) were opened. 12 And rain fell on the earth forty days and forty nights.(F)

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10 And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.

11 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.

12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.

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25 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. 26 But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. 27 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.”

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25 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.

26 And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:

27 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.

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