Dale Pollard
It’s rainy in Bowling Green Kentucky and you know what that means! Well, maybe you don’t. Either way, we’re diving into the water cycle— found in the Bible.
Long before meteorology became a science, the Bible described the natural water cycle with remarkable (but unsurprising) accuracy. Those ancient writers—without access to modern instruments—somehow came up with a process that closely mirrors our modern understanding of evaporation, condensation, and precipitation. Of course, if you believe the Bible is God’s word, you know exactly how they came to this knowledge.
Check out these Biblical Descriptions of the Water Cycle:
1. Ecclesiastes 1:7 (ESV) “All streams run to the sea, but the sea is not full; to the place where the streams flow, there they flow again.” This verse depicts the hydrological cycle—rivers flow to the sea, water evaporates, and returns again as rain. Amazing. Or what about…
2. Job 36:27–28 “For he draws up the drops of water; they distill his mist in rain, which the skies pour down and drop on mankind abundantly.” This description sounds a lot like the process of condensation. The vapor forms into raindrops, which then fall back to earth. Nice.
3. Amos 9:6
“Who builds his upper chambers in the heavens and founds his vault upon the earth; who calls for the waters of the sea and pours them out upon the surface of the earth—the Lord is his name.”
Just one more text describing evaporation and rainfall, linked to one great cycle all under divine control. The Bible has a little bit of everything in it and always proves itself to be of heavenly origin.
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