Psalms 147:16
14 He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with the finest of the wheat.
15 He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth: his word runneth very swiftly.
He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes.
17 He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold?
18 He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind to blow, 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 saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength.
Read in contextJob 38:29
Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?
Read in contextPsalms 148:8
Fire, and hail; snow, and vapour; stormy wind fulfilling his word:
Read in contextIsaiah 55:10
For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:
Read in contextJob 37:9–10
Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of the north.
Read in context