Translations
F.O.G.MPrimary
F.O.G MessageHe drapes the heavens with clouds; He prepares the rain for the earth; He causes grass to sprout across the hillsides.
F.O.GSecondary
The F.O.GHe covers the skies with clouds; He readies rain for the earth; He makes grass spring up on the hills.
KJV
King James VersionWho covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.
BSB
Berean Standard Biblewho covers the sky with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow on the hills.
Footnotes
shamayim is rendered 'skies' in FOG to keep the meteorological register concrete and grounded in the physical visible dome above. hamatzmiach ('causing to sprout/grow') is a Hiphil participle from the root tsamach—the same root used for the Messianic 'Branch' (tsemach) in Jer. 33:15 and Zech. 3:8, planting a quiet typological seed in agrarian language. FOG Message's 'heavens' opens the cosmological register; FOG's 'skies' anchors the reader in the wonder of rain and growth as daily grace.