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Psalms 147:16
16He covers the earth with snow, like a white blanket. He puts white frost everywhere, like ashes that the wind blows.
Psalms 147:16 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes.
- New International Version (NIV)He spreads the snow like wool and scatters the frost like ashes.
- English Standard Version (ESV)He gives snow like wool; he scatters frost like ashes.
- New King James Version (NKJV)He gives snow like wool; He scatters the frost like ashes;
Context of Psalms 147:16
14He causes your borders to be safe from your enemies. He gives you lots of the best wheat to eat. 15He sends his commands to reach all the earth. Very soon the whole world knows what he wants. He covers the earth with snow, like a white blanket. He puts white frost everywhere, like ashes that the wind blows. 17He throws hail from the sky, like small stones. When he sends a cold wind, nobody can continue to stand. 18Then he commands it all to melt. He makes the warm wind blow, and the ice becomes streams of water.
Read all of Psalms 147Psalms 147:16 word by word
הַנֹּתֵ֣ן שֶׁ֣לֶג כַּצָּ֑מֶר כְּ֝פ֗וֹר כָּאֵ֥פֶר יְפַזֵּֽר׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 147:16
- Psalms 148:8Praise him, fire and hail, snow and clouds. Praise him, wind and storm, as you obey his commands.
- Job 37:6He tells the snow to fall to the earth. He tells the rain to pour down and make the ground wet.
- Isaiah 55:10The rain and the snow come down from the sky, and they do not immediately return there. Instead, they give water to the earth, so that crops will grow there. Then the farmer has seeds to plant, and people have food to eat.
- Job 37:9The strong wind of a storm comes from the place where it starts. Cold winds blow strongly from the north.
- Job 38:29Who is a mother to the ice? Who gives birth to the frost that makes the air so cold?
Commentaries on Psalms 147:16
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16He giveth snow like wool - He covers the earth with snow, so that it seems to have a clothing of wool. Compare the notes at Job 37:6: “For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth.” He scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes - As if ashes were strewed over the earth; or, as easily as one strews ashes.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-20Verses 12-20 The church, like Jerusalem of old, built up and preserved by the wisdom, power, and goodness of God, is exhorted to praise him for all the benefits and blessings vouchsafed to her; and these are represented by his favours in the course of nature. The thawing word may represent the gospel of Christ, and the thawing wind the Spirit of Christ; for the Spirit is compared to the wind, Joh 3:8. Converting grace softens the heart that was hard…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15-18Simply by speaking his command, the Lord can change the season from harsh winter to refreshing spring (see Psalms 147:8; 148:5–6).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 15-1815-18. God's Word, as a swift messenger, executes His purpose, for with Him to command is to perform (Ge 1:3; Psa 33:9), and He brings about the wonders of providence as easily as men cast crumbs.Read the comment
- Rashi on Tanakh · v. 16hoarfrost Heb. כפור, jelede in Old French.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 147
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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