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

While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.

For so the LORD said unto me, I will take my rest, and I will consider in my dwelling place like a clear heat upon herbs, {and} like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest. {consider...: or, regard my set dwelling} {upon...: or, after rain}

With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it {not to shine} by {the cloud} that cometh betwixt.

He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.

That I will give {you} the rain of your land in his due season, the first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil.

The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;

And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. {firmament: Heb. expansion}

For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth. {destroy: Heb. blot out}

Dost thou know when God disposed them, and caused the light of his cloud to shine?

I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.

Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.

When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder:

Which the clouds do drop {and} distil upon man abundantly.

Then hear thou from heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, when thou hast taught them the good way, wherein they should walk; and send rain upon thy land, which thou hast given unto thy people for an inheritance.

{As} the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no {more}.