He watereth the hills from his chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works.
Parallel translations
- WEB He waters the mountains from his rooms. The earth is filled with the fruit of your works.
- BSB He waters the mountains from His chambers; the earth is satisfied by the fruit of His 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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- Ps 147:8Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.
- Jer 10:13When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.
- Jer 14:22Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O LORD our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these things.
- Deut 11:11But the land, whither ye go to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, and drinketh water of the rain of heaven:
- Job 38:37Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,
- Ps 65:9–13Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it.
- Job 38:25–28Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;
- Matt 5:45That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
- Acts 14:17Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.
- Amos 9:6It 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.
- Ps 104:3Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind:
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