Mazmur 135:7

135:7 He causes the clouds to arise from the end of the earth,

makes lightning bolts accompany the rain,

and brings the wind out of his storehouses.

Mazmur 147:8

147:8 He covers ¹  the sky with clouds,

provides the earth with rain,

and causes grass to grow on the hillsides. ² 

Yeremia 10:13

10:13 When his voice thunders, ³  the heavenly ocean roars.

He makes the clouds rise from the far-off horizons. ⁴ 

He makes the lightning flash out in the midst of the rain.

He unleashes the wind from the places where he stores it. ⁵ 

Zakharia 10:1

The Restoration of the True People

10:1 Ask the Lord for rain in the season of the late spring rains ⁶  – the Lord who causes thunderstorms – and he will give everyone showers of rain and green growth in the field.

[147:8]  ¹ tn Heb “the one who covers.”

[147:8]  ² tn Heb “hills.”

[10:13]  ³ tn Heb “At the voice of his giving.” The idiom “to give the voice” is often used for thunder (cf. BDB 679 s.v. נָתַן Qal.1.x).

[10:13]  ⁴ tn Heb “from the ends of the earth.”

[10:13]  ⁵ tn Heb “he brings out the winds from his storehouses.”

[10:1]  ⁶ tn Heb “the latter rain.” This expression refers to the last concentration of heavy rainfall in the spring of the year in Palestine, about March or April. Metaphorically and eschatologically (as here) the “latter rain” speaks of God’s outpouring of blessing in the end times (cf. Hos 6:3; Joel 2:21-25).