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Proverbs 3:20

By His knowledge the depths were broken up, And clouds drop down the dew.

God's sovereignty and character

Key words: daʿaṯ tᵊhôm bāqaʿ šaḥaq ṭal

Original words

EnglishOriginal wordRoot#
By his knowledgebᵊḏaʿtô בְּדַעְתּוֹdaʿaṯ1
the depthstᵊhômôṯ תְּהוֹמוֹתtᵊhôm1
are broken upniḇqāʿû נִבְקָעוּbāqaʿ1
and the cloudsûšḥāqîm וּשְׁחָקִיםšaḥaq1
drop downyirʿăp̄û יִרְעֲפוּrāʿap̄1
the dewṭāl טָלṭal1

Cross-references 12

Passages are shown in the NKJV.

the depths are broken up 4
  • Genesis 1:9

    9Then God said, "Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear"; and it was so.

  • Genesis 7:11

    11In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.

  • Job 38:8-11

    8"Or who shut in the sea with doors, When it burst forth and issued from the womb; 9When I made the clouds its garment, And thick darkness its swaddling band; 10When I fixed My limit for it, And set bars and doors; 11When I said, "This far you may come, but no farther, And here your proud waves must stop!'

  • Psalms 104:8-9

    8They went up over the mountains; They went down into the valleys, To the place which You founded for them. 9You have set a boundary that they may not pass over, That they may not return to cover the earth.

the clouds drop down the dew 7
  • Genesis 27:28, 37-39

    28Therefore may God give you Of the dew of heaven, Of the fatness of the earth, And plenty of grain and wine.
    37Then Isaac answered and said to Esau, "Indeed I have made him your master, and all his brethren I have given to him as servants; with grain and wine I have sustained him. What shall I do now for you, my son?" 38And Esau said to his father, "Have you only one blessing, my father? Bless me--me also, O my father!" And Esau lifted up his voice and wept. 39Then Isaac his father answered and said to him: "Behold, your dwelling shall be of the fatness of the earth, And of the dew of heaven from above.

  • Deuteronomy 33:28

    28Then Israel shall dwell in safety, The fountain of Jacob alone, In a land of grain and new wine; His heavens shall also drop dew.

  • Job 36:27-28

    27For He draws up drops of water, Which distill as rain from the mist, 28Which the clouds drop down And pour abundantly on man.

  • Job 38:26-28

    26To cause it to rain on a land where there is no one, A wilderness in which there is no man; 27To satisfy the desolate waste, And cause to spring forth the growth of tender grass? 28Has the rain a father? Or who has begotten the drops of dew?

  • Psalms 65:9-12

    9You visit the earth and water it, You greatly enrich it; The river of God is full of water; You provide their grain, For so You have prepared it. 10You water its ridges abundantly, You settle its furrows; You make it soft with showers, You bless its growth. 11You crown the year with Your goodness, And Your paths drip with abundance. 12They drop on the pastures of the wilderness, And the little hills rejoice on every side.

  • Jeremiah 14:22

    22Are there any among the idols of the nations that can cause rain? Or can the heavens give showers? Are You not He, O LORD our God? Therefore we will wait for You, Since You have made all these.

  • Joel 2:23

    23Be glad then, you children of Zion, And rejoice in the LORD your God; For He has given you the former rain faithfully, And He will cause the rain to come down for you--The former rain, And the latter rain in the first month.

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