KJV King James Version
He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes.
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Psalm 147:16
He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
He spreads the snow like wool; He scatters the frost like ashes;
WEB World English Bible
He gives snow like wool, and scatters frost like ashes.
ASV American Standard Version
He giveth snow like wool; He scattereth the hoar-frost like ashes.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Who is giving snow like wool, Hoar-frost as ashes He scattereth.
Surrounding context — Psalm 147
13 For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee.
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.
16 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.
19 He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel.
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Job 38:29Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?Job 37:6For he saith to the snow, Be thou [on] the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength.Psalm 148:8Fire, and hail; snow, and vapour; stormy wind fulfilling his word:Isaiah 55:10For 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:Job 37:9-10Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of the north.
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