Psalms 147:16

In 11 translations

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.

LSV

Who is giving snow like wool, || He scatters hoarfrost as ashes.

YLT

Who is giving snow like wool, Hoar-frost as ashes He scattereth.

DBY

He giveth snow like wool, scattereth the hoar frost like ashes;

DRC147:5

Who giveth snow like wool: scattereth mists like ashes.

GNV

He giueth snowe like wooll, and scattereth the hoare frost like ashes.

JPS

He giveth snow like wool; He scattereth the hoar-frost like ashes.

LXXE147:5

He gives snow like wool: he scatters the mist like ashes.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC

הַנֹּתֵ֣ן שֶׁ֣לֶג כַּצָּ֑מֶר כְּ֝פ֗וֹר כָּאֵ֥פֶר יְפַזֵּֽר׃

LXX-Br147:5

Τοῦ διδόντος χιόνα ὡσεὶ ἔριον, ὁμίχλην ὡσεὶ σποδὸν πάσσοντος·

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Job 37:6For He says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth,’ and to the gentle rain, ‘Pour out a mighty downpour.’
• 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,
• Job 37:9–10The tempest comes from its chamber, and the cold from the driving north winds. By the breath of God the ice is formed and the watery expanses are frozen.

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