Psalms 147:17
15 He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth: his word runneth very swiftly.
16 He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes.
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.
19 He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- He casts forth His hail like pebbles. Who can withstand His icy blast?
- KJV
- He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold?
- WEB
- He hurls down his hail like pebbles. Who can stand before his cold?
- ASV
- He casteth forth his ice like morsels: Who can stand before his cold?
- DARBY
- He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold?
- BLB
- casting forth His hail like morsels; before the face of His cold, who can stand?
- ÅB
- Han kaster sin is ut som småstykker; hvem kan stå for hans kulde?
- OTB
- Han kaster sin is som stykker;
Hvem kan tåle Hans kulde? - B1930
- Han kaster sin is ut som småstykker; hvem kan stå for hans kulde?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 38:29–30
Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?
Read in contextJob 38:22–23
Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,
Read in contextPsalms 78:47–48
He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycomore trees with frost.
Read in contextJob 37:9–10
Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of the north.
Read in contextExodus 9:23–25
And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and the fire ran along upon the ground; and the LORD rained hail upon the land of Egypt.
Read in contextJoshua 10:11
And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, and were in the going down to Beth-horon, that the LORD cast down great stones from heaven upon them unto Azekah, and they died: they were more which died with hailstones than they whom the children of Israel slew with the sword.
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