(NIV)
Now no shrub had yet appeared on the earth and no plant had yet sprung up, for the
Lord God had not sent rain on the earth and there was no one to work the ground,
(ESV)
When no
bush of the
field was
yet in the
land and
no small
plant of the
field had
yet sprung up—
for the
Lord God had
not caused it to
rain on the
land, and there was
no man to
work the
ground,
(NIV)
Seven days from now I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the earth every living creature I have made.’
(ESV)
For in seven days I will send
rain on the
earth forty days and
forty nights and
every living thing that I have
made I will
blot out from the
face of the
ground.”
(NIV)
And rain fell on the earth for forty days and forty nights.
(ESV)
And
rain fell upon the
earth forty days and
forty nights.
(NIV)
Now the springs of the deep and the floodgates of the heavens had been closed, and the rain had stopped falling from the sky.
(ESV)
The
fountains of the
deep and the
windows of the
heavens were
closed, the
rain from the
heavens was
restrained,
(NIV)
Then the
Lord rained down burning sulphur on Sodom and Gomorrah – from the
Lord out of the heavens.
(ESV)
Then the
Lord rained on
Sodom and
Gomorrah sulfur and
fire from the
Lord out of
heaven.
(NIV)
Therefore, at this time tomorrow I will send the worst hailstorm that has ever fallen on Egypt, from the day it was founded till now.
(ESV)
Behold, about this
time tomorrow I will cause
very heavy hail to
fall,
such as never has been in
Egypt from the
day it was
founded until now.
(NIV)
When Moses stretched out his staff towards the sky, the
Lord sent thunder and hail, and lightning flashed down to the ground. So the
Lord rained hail on the land of Egypt;
(ESV)
Then
Moses stretched out his
staff toward heaven, and the
Lord sent thunder and
hail, and
fire ran
down to the
earth. And the
Lord rained hail upon the
land of
Egypt.
(NIV)
Then Moses left Pharaoh and went out of the city. He spread out his hands towards the
Lord; the thunder and hail stopped, and the rain no longer poured down on the land.
(ESV)
So
Moses went out of the
city from
Pharaoh and
stretched out his
hands to the
Lord, and the
thunder and the
hail ceased, and the
rain no longer
poured upon the
earth.
(NIV)
When Pharaoh saw that the rain and hail and thunder had stopped, he sinned again: he and his officials hardened their hearts.
(ESV)
But when
Pharaoh saw that the
rain and the
hail and the
thunder had
ceased, he
sinned yet
again and
hardened his
heart, he and his
servants.
(NIV)
Then the
Lord said to Moses, ‘I will rain down bread from heaven for you. The people are to go out each day and gather enough for that day. In this way I will test them and see whether they will follow my instructions.
(ESV)
Then the
Lord said to
Moses, “
Behold, I am about to
rain bread from
heaven for you, and the
people shall
go out and
gather a
day’s portion every
day, that
I may test them,
whether they will
walk in my
law or
not.
(NIV)
I will send you rain in its season, and the ground will yield its crops and the trees their fruit.
(ESV)
then I will
give you your
rains in their
season, and the
land shall
yield its
increase, and the
trees of the
field shall
yield their
fruit.
(NIV)
The number of all the males a month old or more who were counted was 6,200.
(ESV)
Their
listing according to the
number of
all the
males from a
month old and
upward was
6,200.
(NIV)
But the land you are crossing the Jordan to take possession of is a land of mountains and valleys that drinks rain from heaven.
(ESV)
But the
land that you are going
over to
possess is a
land of
hills and
valleys, which
drinks water by the
rain from
heaven,
(NIV)
then I will send rain on your land in its season, both autumn and spring rains, so that you may gather in your corn, new wine and olive oil.
(ESV)
he will
give the
rain for your
land in its
season the
early rain and the
later rain, that you may
gather in your
grain and your
wine and your
oil.
(NIV)
Then the
Lord’s anger will burn against you, and he will shut the heavens so that it will not rain and the ground will yield no produce, and you will soon perish from the good land the
Lord is giving you.
(ESV)
then the
anger of the
Lord will be
kindled against you, and he will
shut up the
heavens, so that there will be
no rain, and the
land will
yield no fruit, and you will
perish quickly off the
good land that the
Lord is
giving you.
(NIV)
The
Lord will open the heavens, the storehouse of his bounty, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations but will borrow from none.
(ESV)
The
Lord will
open to you his
good treasury, the
heavens, to
give the
rain to your
land in its
season and to
bless all the
work of your
hands. And you shall
lend to
many nations, but you shall
not borrow.
(NIV)
The
Lord will turn the rain of your country into dust and powder; it will come down from the skies until you are destroyed.
(ESV)
The
Lord will
make the
rain of your
land powder.
From heaven dust shall come
down on you
until you are
destroyed.
(NIV)
Let my teaching fall like rain
and my words descend like dew,
like showers on new grass,
like abundant rain on tender plants.
(ESV)
May my
teaching drop as the
rain,
my
speech distill as the
dew,
like
gentle rain upon the
tender grass,
and like
showers upon the
herb.
(NIV)
Is it not wheat harvest now? I will call on the
Lord to send thunder and rain. And you will realise what an evil thing you did in the eyes of the
Lord when you asked for a king.’
(ESV)
Is it
not wheat harvest today? I will
call upon the
Lord, that he may
send thunder and
rain. And you shall
know and
see that your
wickedness is
great,
which you have
done in the
sight of the
Lord, in
asking for yourselves a
king.”
(NIV)
Then Samuel called on the
Lord, and that same day the
Lord sent thunder and rain. So all the people stood in awe of the
Lord and of Samuel.
(ESV)
So
Samuel called upon the
Lord, and the
Lord sent thunder and
rain that
day, and
all the
people greatly feared the
Lord and
Samuel.
(NIV)
‘Mountains of Gilboa,
may you have neither dew nor rain,
may no showers fall on your terraced fields.
For there the shield of the mighty was despised,
the shield of Saul – no longer rubbed with oil.
(ESV)
“You
mountains of
Gilboa,
let there be no
dew or
rain upon you,
nor
fields of
offerings!
For
there the
shield of the
mighty was
defiled,
the
shield of
Saul, not
anointed with
oil.
(NIV)
he is like the light of morning at sunrise
on a cloudless morning,
like the brightness after rain
that brings grass from the earth.”
(ESV)
he dawns on them like the
morning light,
like the
sun shining forth on a
cloudless morning,
like
rain that
makes grass to sprout from the
earth.
(NIV)
‘When the heavens are shut up and there is no rain because your people have sinned against you, and when they pray towards this place and give praise to your name and turn from their sin because you have afflicted them,
(ESV)
“When
heaven is
shut up and there is no
rain because they have
sinned against you, if they
pray toward this
place and
acknowledge your
name and
turn from their
sin, when you
afflict them,
(NIV)
then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel. Teach them the right way to live, and send rain on the land you gave your people for an inheritance.
(ESV)
then
hear in
heaven and
forgive the
sin of your
servants, your
people Israel, when you
teach them the
good way in which they should
walk, and
grant rain upon your
land, which you have
given to your
people as an
inheritance.
(NIV)
Now Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, ‘As the
Lord, the God of Israel, lives, whom I serve, there will be neither dew nor rain in the next few years except at my word.’
(ESV)
Now
Elijah the
Tishbite, of
Tishbe in
Gilead,
said to
Ahab, “As the
Lord, the
God of
Israel,
lives,
before whom I
stand, there shall be
neither dew nor
rain these years,
except by my
word.”
(NIV)
Some time later the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land.
(ESV)
And
after a
while the
brook dried up,
because there was
no rain in the
land.
(NIV)
For this is what the
Lord, the God of Israel, says: “The jar of flour will not be used up and the jug of oil will not run dry until the day the
Lord sends rain on the land.”’
(ESV)
For
thus says the
Lord, the
God of
Israel, ‘The
jar of
flour shall
not be
spent, and the
jug of
oil shall
not be
empty,
until the
day that the
Lord sends rain upon the
earth.’”
(NIV)
After a long time, in the third year, the word of the
Lord came to Elijah: ‘Go and present yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain on the land.’
(ESV)
After
many days the
word of the
Lord came to
Elijah, in the
third year,
saying, “
Go,
show yourself to
Ahab, and I will
send rain upon the
earth.”
(NIV)
And Elijah said to Ahab, ‘Go, eat and drink, for there is the sound of a heavy rain.’
(ESV)
And
Elijah said to
Ahab, “Go
up,
eat and
drink,
for there is a
sound of the
rushing of
rain.”
(NIV)
The seventh time the servant reported, ‘A cloud as small as a man’s hand is rising from the sea.’
So Elijah said, ‘Go and tell Ahab, “Hitch up your chariot and go down before the rain stops you.”’
(ESV)
And at the
seventh time he
said, “
Behold, a
little cloud like a
man’s hand is
rising from the
sea.” And he
said, “Go
up,
say to
Ahab, ‘
Prepare your chariot and
go down,
lest the
rain stop you.’”
(NIV)
Meanwhile, the sky grew black with clouds, the wind rose, a heavy rainstorm came on and Ahab rode off to Jezreel.
(ESV)
And in a
little while the
heavens grew
black with
clouds and
wind, and there was a
great rain. And
Ahab rode and
went to
Jezreel.
(NIV)
For this is what the
Lord says: you will see neither wind nor rain, yet this valley will be filled with water, and you, your cattle and your other animals will drink.
(ESV)
For thus says the
Lord, ‘You shall
not see wind or rain, but that
streambed shall be
filled with
water, so that you shall
drink, you, your
livestock, and your
animals.’
(NIV)
‘When the heavens are shut up and there is no rain because your people have sinned against you, and when they pray towards this place and give praise to your name and turn from their sin because you have afflicted them,
(ESV)
“When
heaven is
shut up and there is
no rain because they have
sinned against you, if they
pray toward
this place and
acknowledge your
name and
turn from their
sin,
when you
afflict them,
(NIV)
then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel. Teach them the right way to live, and send rain on the land that you gave your people for an inheritance.
(ESV)
then
hear in
heaven and
forgive the
sin of your
servants, your
people Israel,
when you
teach them the
good way in
which they should
walk, and
grant rain upon your
land,
which you have
given to your
people as an
inheritance.
(NIV)
‘When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command locusts to devour the land or send a plague among my people,
(ESV)
When I
shut up the
heavens so that there is
no rain,
or command the locust to
devour the
land, or
send pestilence among my people,
(NIV)
Within the three days, all the men of Judah and Benjamin 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.
(ESV)
Then
all the
men of
Judah and
Benjamin assembled at
Jerusalem within the
three days. It was the
ninth month, on the
twentieth day of the
month. And
all the
people sat in the open
square before the
house of
God,
trembling because of this
matter and because of the heavy
rain.
(NIV)
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.
(ESV)
But the
people are
many, and it is a
time of heavy
rain; we
cannot stand in the
open.
Nor is this a
task for
one day or for
two,
for we have
greatly transgressed in
this matter.
(NIV)
He provides rain for the earth;
he sends water on the countryside.
(ESV)
he
gives rain on the
earth and
sends waters on the
fields;
(NIV)
When he has filled his belly,
God will vent his burning anger against him
and rain down his blows on him.
(ESV)
To
fill his
belly to the full,
God will
send his
burning anger against him
and
rain it
upon him into his
body.
(NIV)
when he made a decree for the rain
and a path for the thunderstorm,
(ESV)
when he
made a
decree for the
rain and a
way for the
lightning of the
thunder,
(NIV)
They waited for me as for showers
and drank in my words as the spring rain.
(ESV)
They
waited for me as for the
rain,
and they
opened their
mouths as for the
spring rain.
(NIV)
‘He draws up the drops of water,
which distil as rain to the streams ;
(ESV)
For he
draws up the
drops of
water;
they
distill his
mist in
rain,
(NIV)
He says to the snow, “Fall on the earth,”
and to the rain shower, “Be a mighty downpour.”
(ESV)
For to the
snow he
says, ‘
Fall on the
earth,’
likewise to the
downpour, his
mighty downpour.
(NIV)
to water a land where no one lives,
an uninhabited desert,
(ESV)
to bring
rain on a
land where
no man is,
on the
desert in which there is
no man,
(NIV)
Does the rain have a father?
Who fathers the drops of dew?
(ESV)
“
Has the
rain a
father,
or who has
begotten the
drops of
dew?
(NIV)
On the wicked he will rain
fiery coals and burning sulphur;
a scorching wind will be their lot.
(ESV)
Let him
rain coals on the
wicked;
fire and
sulfur and a
scorching wind shall be the
portion of their
cup.
(NIV)
You gave abundant showers, O God;
you refreshed your weary inheritance.
(ESV)
Rain in
abundance, O
God, you
shed abroad;
you
restored your
inheritance as it
languished;
(NIV)
May he be like rain falling on a mown field,
like showers watering the earth.
(ESV)
May he be like
rain that
falls on the
mown grass,
like
showers that
water the
earth!
(NIV)
he rained down manna for the people to eat,
he gave them the grain of heaven.
(ESV)
and he
rained down on them
manna to
eat and
gave them the
grain of
heaven.
(NIV)
He rained meat down on them like dust,
birds like sand on the seashore.
(ESV)
he
rained meat on them like
dust,
winged birds like the
sand of the
seas;
(NIV)
As they pass through the Valley of Baka,
they make it a place of springs;
the autumn rains also cover it with pools.
(ESV)
As they
go through the
Valley of
Baca they
make it a place of
springs;
the
early rain also covers it with
pools.
(NIV)
He turned their rain into hail,
with lightning throughout their land;
(ESV)
He
gave them
hail for
rain,
and
fiery lightning bolts through their
land.
(NIV)
He makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth;
he sends lightning with the rain
and brings out the wind from his storehouses.
(ESV)
He it is who makes the
clouds rise at the
end of the
earth,
who
makes lightnings for the
rain and
brings forth the
wind from his
storehouses.
(NIV)
He covers the sky with clouds;
he supplies the earth with rain
and makes grass grow on the hills.
(ESV)
He
covers the
heavens with
clouds;
he
prepares rain for the
earth;
he makes
grass grow on the
hills.
(NIV)
When a king’s face brightens, it means life;
his favour is like a rain cloud in spring.
(ESV)
In the
light of a
king’s face there is
life,
and his
favor is like the
clouds that bring the
spring rain.
(NIV)
Like clouds and wind without rain
is one who boasts of gifts never given.
(ESV)
Like
clouds and
wind without rain is a
man who
boasts of a
gift he does not
give.
(NIV)
Like a north wind that brings unexpected rain
is a sly tongue – which provokes a horrified look.
(ESV)
The
north wind brings forth rain,
and a
backbiting tongue,
angry looks.
(NIV)
Like snow in summer or rain in harvest,
honour is not fitting for a fool.
(ESV)
Like
snow in
summer or
rain in
harvest,
so
honor is not
fitting for a
fool.
(NIV)
A quarrelsome wife is like the dripping
of a leaky roof in a rainstorm;
(ESV)
A
continual dripping on a
rainy day and a
quarrelsome wife are
alike;
(NIV)
A ruler who oppresses the poor
is like driving rain that leaves no crops.
(ESV)
A
poor man who
oppresses the
poor is a
beating rain that leaves
no food.
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