Zechariah 10:1 “Ask the LORD for rain in springtime; the LORD makes the storm clouds,…”

Zechariah 10:1

Ask the LORD for rain in springtime; the LORD makes the storm clouds, and He will give everyone showers of rain and crops in the field.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Ask ye of the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain; so the LORD shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field.

World English Bible

Ask of the LORD rain in the spring time, the LORD who makes storm clouds, and he gives rain showers to everyone for the plants in the field.

American Standard Version

Ask ye of Jehovah rain in the time of the latter rain, even of Jehovah that maketh lightnings; and he will give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field.

Geneva Bible 1599

Aske you of the Lord raine in the time of the latter raine: so shall the Lord make white cloudes, and giue you showers of raine, and to euery one grasse in the field.

Darby Translation

Ask of Jehovah rain in the time of the latter rain; Jehovah will make lightnings, and he will give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field.

Young's Literal Translation

They asked of Jehovah rain in a time of latter rain, Jehovah is making lightnings, And rain [in] showers He doth give to them. To each — the herb in the field.

Bible in Basic English

Make your request to the Lord for rain in the time of the spring rains, even to the Lord who makes the thunder-flames; and he will give them showers of rain, to every man grass in the field.

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Cross references

“ye”

James 5:16–18 John 16:23 Ezekiel 36:37 Matthew 7:7 Matthew 7:8

James 5:16–18 · BSB

Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.

John 16:23 · BSB

In that day you will no longer ask Me anything. Truly, truly, I tell you, whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.

Ezekiel 36:37 · BSB

This is what the Lord GOD says: Once again I will hear the plea of the house of Israel and do for them this: I will multiply their people like a flock.

Matthew 7:7 · BSB

Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.

Matthew 7:8 · BSB

For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.

“rain in”

Deuteronomy 28:23 Isaiah 30:23 Amos 4:7 Isaiah 5:6 Jeremiah 14:22 1 Kings 17:1

Deuteronomy 28:23 · BSB

The sky over your head will be bronze, and the earth beneath you iron.

Isaiah 30:23 · BSB

Then He will send rain for the seed that you have sown in the ground, and the food that comes from your land will be rich and plentiful. On that day your cattle will graze in open pastures.

Amos 4:7 · BSB

“I also withheld the rain from you when the harvest was three months away. I sent rain on one city but withheld it from another. One field received rain; another without rain withered.

Isaiah 5:6 · BSB

I will make it a wasteland, neither pruned nor cultivated, and thorns and briers will grow up. I will command the clouds that rain shall not fall on it.”

Jeremiah 14:22 · BSB

Can 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.

1 Kings 17:1 · BSB

Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was among the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there will be neither dew nor rain in these years except at my word!”

“the time”

James 5:7 Proverbs 16:15 Job 29:23 Hosea 6:3 Deuteronomy 11:14 Joel 2:23

James 5:7 · BSB

Be patient, then, brothers, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer awaits the precious fruit of the soil—how patient he is for the fall and spring rains.

Proverbs 16:15 · BSB

When a king’s face brightens, there is life; his favor is like a rain cloud in spring.

Job 29:23 · BSB

They waited for me as for rain and drank in my words like spring showers.

Hosea 6:3 · BSB

So let us know— let us press on to know the LORD. As surely as the sun rises, He will appear; He will come to us like the rain, like the spring showers that water the earth.

Deuteronomy 11:14 · BSB

then I will provide rain for your land in season, the autumn and spring rains, that you may gather your grain, new wine, and oil.

Joel 2:23 · BSB

Be glad, O children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God, for He has given you the autumn rains for your vindication. He sends you showers, both autumn and spring rains, as before.

“bright clouds”

Job 37:1–6 Jeremiah 51:16 Job 36:27–31 Jeremiah 10:13

Job 37:1–6 · BSB

“At this my heart also pounds and leaps from its place.

Jeremiah 51:16 · BSB

When 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.

Job 36:27–31 · BSB

For He draws up drops of water which distill the rain from the mist,

Jeremiah 10:13 · BSB

When 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.

“and give”

Isaiah 44:3 Psalm 65:9 Hosea 10:12 Micah 5:7 Psalm 104:13 Ezekiel 34:26

Isaiah 44:3 · BSB

For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and currents on the dry ground. I will pour out My Spirit on your descendants, and My blessing on your offspring.

Psalm 65:9 · BSB

You 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.

Hosea 10:12 · BSB

Sow for yourselves righteousness and reap the fruit of loving devotion; break up your unplowed ground. For it is time to seek the LORD until He comes and sends righteousness upon you like rain.

Micah 5:7 · BSB

Then the remnant of Jacob will be in the midst of many peoples like dew from the LORD, like showers on the grass, which do not wait for man or linger for mankind.

Psalm 104:13 · BSB

He waters the mountains from His chambers; the earth is satisfied by the fruit of His works.

Ezekiel 34:26 · BSB

I will make them and the places around My hill a blessing. I will send down showers in season—showers of blessing.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2For idols speak deceit and diviners see illusions; they tell false dreams and offer empty comfort. Therefore the people wander like sheep, oppressed for lack of a shepherd.

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