20 by his knowledge (A)the deeps broke open,
    and (B)the clouds drop down the dew.

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20 by his knowledge the watery depths were divided,
    and the clouds let drop the dew.

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11 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the (A)fountains of the great deep burst forth, and (B)the windows of the heavens were opened.

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11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life,(A) on the seventeenth day of the second month(B)—on that day all the springs of the great deep(C) burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens(D) were opened.

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You visit the earth and (A)water it;[a]
    you greatly enrich it;
(B)the river of God is full of water;
    (C)you provide their grain,
    for so you have prepared it.
10 You water its furrows abundantly,
    settling its ridges,
softening it with (D)showers,
    and blessing its growth.
11 You crown the year with your bounty;
    your wagon tracks (E)overflow with abundance.
12 (F)The pastures of the wilderness overflow,
    the hills (G)gird themselves with joy,

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  1. Psalm 65:9 Or and make it overflow

You care for the land and water it;(A)
    you enrich it abundantly.(B)
The streams of God are filled with water
    to provide the people with grain,(C)
    for so you have ordained it.[a]
10 You drench its furrows and level its ridges;
    you soften it with showers(D) and bless its crops.
11 You crown the year with your bounty,(E)
    and your carts overflow with abundance.(F)
12 The grasslands of the wilderness overflow;(G)
    the hills are clothed with gladness.(H)

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  1. Psalm 65:9 Or for that is how you prepare the land

26 to bring rain on (A)a land where no man is,
    on (B)the desert in which there is no man,
27 to satisfy the waste and desolate land,
    and to make the ground sprout with (C)grass?

28 “Has (D)the rain a father,
    or who has begotten the drops of dew?

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26 to water(A) a land where no one lives,
    an uninhabited desert,(B)
27 to satisfy a desolate wasteland
    and make it sprout with grass?(C)
28 Does the rain have a father?(D)
    Who fathers the drops of dew?

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“Or who (A)shut in the sea with doors
    when it burst out from the womb,
when I made clouds its garment
    and (B)thick darkness its swaddling band,
10 and prescribed (C)limits for it
    and set bars and doors,
11 and said, ‘Thus far shall you come, and no farther,
    and here shall your (D)proud waves be stayed’?

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“Who shut up the sea behind doors(A)
    when it burst forth from the womb,(B)
when I made the clouds its garment
    and wrapped it in thick darkness,(C)
10 when I fixed limits for it(D)
    and set its doors and bars in place,(E)
11 when I said, ‘This far you may come and no farther;(F)
    here is where your proud waves halt’?(G)

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27 For he draws up the drops of water;
    they distill his (A)mist in (B)rain,
28 which (C)the skies pour down
    and drop on mankind abundantly.

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27 “He draws up the drops of water,(A)
    which distill as rain to the streams[a];(B)
28 the clouds pour down their moisture
    and abundant showers(C) fall on mankind.(D)

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

28 May God give you of (A)the dew of heaven
    and of the fatness of the earth
    and (B)plenty of grain and wine.

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And God said, (A)“Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear.” And it was so.

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And God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place,(A) and let dry ground(B) appear.” And it was so.(C)

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23 (A)“Be glad, O children of Zion,
    and (B)rejoice in the Lord your God,
for he has given (C)the early rain for your vindication;
    he has poured down for you abundant rain,
    (D)the early and (E)the latter rain, as before.

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23 Be glad, people of Zion,
    rejoice(A) in the Lord your God,
for he has given you the autumn rains
    because he is faithful.(B)
He sends you abundant showers,(C)
    both autumn(D) and spring rains,(E) as before.

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22 Are there any among (A)the false gods of the nations (B)that can bring rain?
    Or can the heavens give showers?
Are you not he, O Lord our God?
    We set our hope on you,
    (C)for you do all these things.

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22 Do any of the worthless idols(A) of the nations bring rain?(B)
    Do the skies themselves send down showers?
No, it is you, Lord our God.
    Therefore our hope is in you,
    for you are the one who does all this.(C)

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The mountains rose, the valleys sank down
    to the place that you (A)appointed for them.
You set (B)a boundary that they may not pass,
    so that they (C)might not again cover the earth.

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they flowed over the mountains,
    they went down into the valleys,
    to the place you assigned(A) for them.
You set a boundary(B) they cannot cross;
    never again will they cover the earth.

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28 So Israel lived in safety,
    (A)Jacob lived (B)alone,[a]
in a land of grain and wine,
    whose heavens drop down dew.

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  1. Deuteronomy 33:28 Hebrew the abode of Jacob was alone

28 So Israel will live in safety;(A)
    Jacob will dwell[a] secure
in a land of grain and new wine,
    where the heavens drop dew.(B)

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  1. Deuteronomy 33:28 Septuagint; Hebrew Jacob’s spring is

37 Isaac answered and said to Esau, “Behold, (A)I have made him lord over you, and all his brothers I have given to him for servants, and (B)with grain and wine I have sustained him. What then can I do for you, my son?” 38 Esau said to his father, “Have you but one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, O my father.” And (C)Esau lifted up his voice and wept.

39 Then Isaac his father answered and said to him:

“Behold, (D)away from[a] the fatness of the earth shall your dwelling be,
    and away from[b] the dew of heaven on high.

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  1. Genesis 27:39 Or Behold, of
  2. Genesis 27:39 Or and of

37 Isaac answered Esau, “I have made him lord over you and have made all his relatives his servants, and I have sustained him with grain and new wine.(A) So what can I possibly do for you, my son?”

38 Esau said to his father, “Do you have only one blessing, my father? Bless me too, my father!” Then Esau wept aloud.(B)

39 His father Isaac answered him,(C)

“Your dwelling will be
    away from the earth’s richness,
    away from the dew(D) of heaven above.(E)

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