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Title: Clouds
Submitted by: research-bpr@philologos.org
Date: June 26, 1999
Update: April 06, 2001
URL: http://philologos.org/bpr/files/c002.htm
Clouds
Genesis 9:13,14
I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between
me and the earth. And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the
bow shall be seen in the cloud:
Exodus 13:21,22
And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the
way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night: He took
not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from
before the people.
Exodus 14:19,20
And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went
behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind
them: And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was a
cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these: so that the
one came not near the other all the night.
Exodus 16:10
And it came to pass, as Aaron spake unto the whole congregation of the children
of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and, behold, the glory of the LORD
appeared in the cloud.
Exodus 19:9
And the LORD said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the
people may hear when I speak with thee, and believe thee for ever. And Moses told the
words of the people unto the LORD.
Exodus 24:15,16
And Moses went up into the mount, and a cloud covered the mount. And the glory of
the LORD abode upon mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days: and the seventh day he
called unto Moses out of the midst of the cloud.
Exodus 24:18
And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into the mount: and
Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights.
Exodus 40:34-38
Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the LORD
filled the tabernacle. And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation,
because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle. And when
the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward in all
their journeys: But if the cloud were not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day
that it was taken up. For the cloud of the LORD was upon the tabernacle by day, and
fire was on it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their
journeys.
Leviticus 16:2
And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at
all times into the holy place within the vail before the mercy seat, which is
upon the ark; that he die not: for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy seat.
Leviticus 16:13
And he shall put the incense upon the fire before the LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy seat that is upon the testimony, that he die not:
Numbers 12:5
And the LORD came down in the pillar of the cloud, and stood in the door
of the tabernacle, and called Aaron and Miriam: and they both came forth.
1 Kings 8:10,11
And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place,
that the cloud filled the house of the LORD, So that the priests could not stand to
minister because of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of the LORD.
1 Kings 18:44
And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a
little cloud out of the sea, like a man's hand. And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Prepare
thy chariot, and get thee down, that the rain stop thee not.
2 Chronicles 5:13,14
It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make
one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD; and when they lifted up their
voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of musick, and praised the LORD, saying,
For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: that then the house
was filled with a cloud, even the house of the LORD; So that the priests could not
stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house
of God.
Job 3:5
Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the
blackness of the day terrify it.
Job 22:13,14
And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud? Thick
clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of
heaven.
Job 26:8,9
He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under
them. He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it.
Job 36:28,29
Which the clouds do drop and distil upon man abundantly. Also can any
understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle?
Job 36:32
With clouds [03709] he covereth the light; and commandeth it not to shine
by the cloud that cometh betwixt.
03709 kaph {kaf}
AV - hand 128, spoon 24, sole 19, palm 5, hollow 3, handful 2, apiece 1, branches 1, breadth + 04096 1, clouds 1, misc 7; 192
1) palm, hand, sole, palm of the hand, hollow or flat of the hand
1a) palm, hollow or flat of the hand
1b) power
1c) sole (of the foot)
1d) hollow, objects, bending objects, bent objects1d1) of thigh-joint
1d2) pan, vessel (as hollow)
1d3) hollow (of sling)
1d4) hand-shaped branches or fronds (of palm trees)
1d5) handles (as bent)
Job 37:11
Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud:
Job 37:15,16
Dost thou know when God disposed them, and caused the light of his cloud to
shine? Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him which is
perfect in knowledge?
Job 37:21
And now men see not the bright light which is in the clouds: but
the wind passeth, and cleanseth them.
Job 38:9
When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for
it,
Psalms 68:34
Ascribe ye strength unto God: his excellency is over Israel, and his
strength is in the clouds.
Psalms 78:23
Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven,
Psalms 97:2
Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are
the habitation of his throne.
Psalms 104:3
Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his
chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind:
Isaiah 4:5
And the LORD will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her
assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night: for upon
all the glory shall be a defence.
Isaiah 14:14
I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
Isaiah 19:1
The burden of Egypt. Behold, the LORD rideth upon a swift cloud, and shall come
into Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence, and the heart of Egypt
shall melt in the midst of it.
Isaiah 44:22
I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy
sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.
Isaiah 60:8
Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their
windows?
Jeremiah 4:13
Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots shall be as a
whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for we are spoiled.
Lamentations 2:1
How hath the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger, and
cast down from heaven unto the earth the beauty of Israel, and remembered not his
footstool in the day of his anger!
Lamentations 3:44
Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our prayer should not pass
through.
Ezekiel 1:4
And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and
a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst
thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire.
Ezekiel 1:28
As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was
the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the
likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell upon my face, and I
heard a voice of one that spake.
Ezekiel 8:11
And there stood before them seventy men of the ancients of the house of Israel,
and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan, with every man his censer in
his hand; and a thick cloud of incense went up.
Ezekiel 10:3,4
Now the cherubims stood on the right side of the house, when the man went in; and
the cloud filled the inner court. Then the glory of the LORD went up from the cherub, and
stood over the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the cloud, and
the court was full of the brightness of the LORD'S glory.
Ezekiel 30:18
At Tehaphnehes also the day shall be darkened, when I shall break there the yokes
of Egypt: and the pomp of her strength shall cease in her: as for her, a cloud shall cover
her, and her daughters shall go into captivity.
Ezekiel 32:7
And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars
thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.
Ezekiel 38:9
Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the
land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.
Ezekiel 38:16
And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land;
it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my land, that the heathen
may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes.
Daniel 7:13
I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with
the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before
him.
Nahum 1:3
The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the
wicked: the LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are
the dust of his feet.
Matthew 17:5
While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice
out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye
him.
Matthew 24:30
And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all
the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of
heaven with power and great glory.
Matthew 26:64
Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless I say unto you, Hereafter
shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds
of heaven.
Luke 21:27
And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great
glory.
Acts 1:9
And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a
cloud received him out of their sight.
1 Corinthians 10:1,2
Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our
fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; And were all baptized unto
Moses in the cloud and in the sea;
1 Thessalonians 4:17
Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them
in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
Hebrews 12:1
Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses,
let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let
us run with patience the race that is set before us,
Revelation 1:7
Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also
which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.
Revelation 10:1
And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a
rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet
as pillars of fire:
Revelation 11:12
And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And
they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them.
Revelation 14:14-16
And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like
unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.
And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the
cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the
harvest of the earth is ripe. And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the
earth; and the earth was reaped.
"One of the names of the Messiah, with the Jews, is, 'Anani,' which signifies 'clouds'; and his coming is so described, both to denote the grand and magnificent manner, in which he will come, making the clouds his chariots; and to strike terror into his enemies, clouds and darkness being about him, thunder and lightning breaking out of them, as tokens of the vengeance he comes to take upon them; as also the visibility of his coming, he shall descend from the third heaven, where he now is, into the airy heaven, and sit upon the clouds, as on his throne, and be visible to all."
(The New John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible)
When Moses had been carried to God in a cloud [from Sinai], which was always ready to bear him to God and then restore him to men...
(Legends of the Jews, Louis Ginzberg, Book 3)
Behold, he cometh with clouds: and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen. -- Revelation 1:7
The Doctors in Sanhedrim (fol. 98. a.) [say]: "If they are worthy (i.e. the Israelites), then he (Messiah) shall come with the clouds of heaven; but if they are not worthy, then he will come poor, and riding upon an ass."
(A Commentary on the New Testament from the Talmud and Hebraica, John Lightfoot)