Psalms 147:16
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“He spreads the snow like wool; He scatters the frost like ashes;”
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BSBPD
“He spreads the snow like wool; He scatters the frost like ashes;”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“He giveth snow like wool; He scattereth the hoar-frost like ashes.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“Who is giving snow like wool, Hoar-frost as ashes He scattereth.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Psalms 147:16 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 37:6For He says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth,’ and to the gentle rain, ‘Pour out a mighty downpour.’
- Job 37:9The tempest comes from its chamber, and the cold from the driving north winds.
- Job 38:22Have you entered the storehouses of snow or observed the storehouses of hail,
- Job 38:29From whose womb does the ice emerge? Who gives birth to the frost from heaven,
- Psalms 148:8lightning and hail, snow and clouds, powerful wind fulfilling His word,
- Isaiah 55:10For 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,
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).
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