Psalms 147:18
16 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?
He sends forth His word and melts them; He unleashes His winds, and the waters flow.
19 He declares His word to Jacob, His statutes and judgments to Israel.
20 He has done this for no other nation; they do not know His judgments. Hallelujah!
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- He sends forth His word and melts them; He unleashes His winds, and the waters flow.
- KJV
- He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow.
- WEB
- He sends out his word, and melts them. He causes his wind to blow, and the waters flow.
- ASV
- He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: He causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow.
- DARBY
- He sendeth his word, and melteth them; he causeth his wind to blow the waters flow.
- BLB
- He sends out His word and melts them; His wind he makes blow, [and] the waters flow.
- ÅB
- Han sender sitt ord og smelter dem; han lar sin vind blåse, da rinner vannene.
- OTB
- Han sender sitt ord og smelter dem;
Han lar sin vind blåse, og vannene flyter. - B1930
- Han sender sitt ord og smelter dem; han lar sin vind blåse, da rinner vannene.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 147:15
He sends forth His command to the earth; His word runs swiftly.
Read in contextPsalms 33:9
For He spoke, and it came to be; He commanded, and it stood firm.
Read in contextJob 37:10
By the breath of God the ice is formed and the watery expanses are frozen.
Read in contextJob 6:16–17
darkened because of the ice and the inflow of melting snow,
Read in contextPsalms 107:20
He sent forth His word and healed them; He rescued them from the Pit.
Read in contextJob 37:17
You whose clothes get hot when the land lies hushed under the south wind,
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