Psalms 147:16
14 He makes peace at your borders; He fills you with the finest wheat.
15 He sends forth His command to the earth; His word runs swiftly.
He spreads the snow like wool; He scatters the frost like ashes;
17 He casts forth His hail like pebbles. Who can withstand His icy blast?
18 He sends forth His word and melts them; He unleashes His winds, and the waters flow.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- He spreads the snow like wool; He scatters the frost like ashes;
- KJV
- He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes.
- WEB
- He gives snow like wool, and scatters frost like ashes.
- ASV
- He giveth snow like wool; He scattereth the hoar-frost like ashes.
- DARBY
- He giveth snow like wool, scattereth the hoar frost like ashes;
- BLB
- The One giving snow like wool, He scatters the frost like ashes,
- ÅB
- Han er den som gir snø som ull, strør ut rim som aske.
- OTB
- Han gir snø som ull;
Han sprer rim som aske. - B1930
- Han er den som gir sne som ull, strør ut rim som aske.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 37:6
For He says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth,’ and to the gentle rain, ‘Pour out a mighty downpour.’
Read in contextJob 38:29
From whose womb does the ice emerge? Who gives birth to the frost from heaven,
Read in contextPsalms 148:8
lightning and hail, snow and clouds, powerful wind fulfilling His word,
Read in contextIsaiah 55:10
For just as rain and snow fall from heaven and do not return without watering the earth, making it bud and sprout, and providing seed to sow and food to eat,
Read in contextJob 37:9–10
The tempest comes from its chamber, and the cold from the driving north winds.
Read in context