He waters the mountains from His chambers; the earth is satisfied by the fruit of His works.
Parallel translations
- WEB He waters the mountains from his rooms. The earth is filled with the fruit of your works.
- KJV He watereth the hills from his chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works.
- NKJV He waters the hills from His upper chambers; The earth is satisfied with the fruit of Your works.
- NASB He waters the mountains from His upper chambers; The earth is satisfied with the fruit of His works.
- NLT You send rain on the mountains from your heavenly home, and you fill the earth with the fruit of your labor.
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Quick answer
God waters the mountains from His heavenly chambers, and the earth is satisfied with the fruit of His works. He richly supplies the whole land.
Overview
From His upper rooms God sends rain to water even the high places, and the earth responds with abundance. The fruitfulness of the land is the direct result of His labor. This bounty displays the goodness of the God who, in Christ, daily provides for all His creatures.
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Cross-references · 11
- Ps 147:8who covers the sky with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow on the hills.
- Jer 10:13When He thunders, the waters in the heavens roar; He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He generates the lightning with the rain and brings forth the wind from His storehouses.
- Jer 14:22Can the worthless idols of the nations bring rain? Do the skies alone send showers? Is this not by You, O LORD our God? So we put our hope in You, for You have done all these things.
- Deut 11:11But the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess is a land of mountains and valleys that drinks in the rain from heaven.
- Job 38:37Who has the wisdom to count the clouds? Or who can tilt the water jars of the heavens
- Ps 65:9–13You attend to the earth and water it; with abundance You enrich it. The streams of God are full of water, for You prepare our grain by providing for the earth.
- Job 38:25–28Who cuts a channel for the flood or clears a path for the thunderbolt,
- Matt 5:45that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.
- Acts 14:17Yet He has not left Himself without testimony to His goodness: He gives you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.”
- Amos 9:6He builds His upper rooms in the heavens and founds His vault upon the earth. He summons the waters of the sea and pours them over the face of the earth. The LORD is His name.
- Ps 104:3laying the beams of His chambers in the waters above, making the clouds His chariot, walking on the wings of the wind.
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