God’s Word Translation
Job 38:22
22Have you been to the warehouses where snow is stored or seen the warehouses for hail
Job 38:22 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,
- New International Version (NIV)“Have you entered the storehouses of the snow or seen the storehouses of the hail,
- English Standard Version (ESV)"Have you entered the storehouses of the snow, or have you seen the storehouses of the hail,
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Have you entered the treasury of snow, Or have you seen the treasury of hail,
Context of Job 38:22
20so that you may lead it to its territory, so that you may know the path to its home? 21You must know because you were born then and have lived such a long time! Have you been to the warehouses where snow is stored or seen the warehouses for hail 23that I have stored up for the time of trouble, for the day of battle and war? 24Which is the way to the place where light is scattered and the east wind is spread across the earth?
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הֲ֭בָאתָ אֶל־אֹצְר֣וֹת שָׁ֑לֶג וְאֹצְר֖וֹת בָּרָ֣ד תִּרְאֶֽה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 38:22
- Job 6:16They are dark with ice. They are hidden by snow.
- Job 37:6“He says to the snow, ‘Fall to the ground,’ and to the pouring rain, ‘Rain harder!’
- Psalms 33:7He gathers the water in the sea like a dam and puts the oceans in his storehouses.
- Psalms 135:7He is the one who makes the clouds rise from the ends of the earth, who makes lightning for the thunderstorms, and who brings wind out of his storerooms.
Commentaries on Job 38:22
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 22The treasures of the snow - The places where snow is formed, and the cause of that formation. See on Job 37:6; (note). Treasures of the hail - It is more easy to account for the formation of snow than of hail. Hail, however, is generally supposed to be drops of rain frozen in their passage through cold regions of the air; and the hail is always in proportion to the size of the raindrop from which it was formed. But this meteor does not appear to be formed…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 22Hast thou entered into the treasures of snow? - Snow is here represented as something which is laid up like treasure, and kept in reserve for use when God shall require it. Silver and gold were thus laid up for occasions when they would be wanted, and the figurative sentiment here is, that snow and hail were thus preserved for the use to which the Almighty might devote them, or for those great occasions when it would be proper to bring them forth to…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-24Verses 12-24 The Lord questions Job, to convince him of his ignorance, and shame him for his folly in prescribing to God. If we thus try ourselves, we shall soon be brought to own that what we know is nothing in comparison with what we know not. By the tender mercy of our God, the Day-spring from on high has visited us, to give light to those that sit in darkness, whose hearts are turned to it as clay to the seal, 2Co 4:6. God's way in the government of…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 22-23God stores up snow and hail, like the deep seas and winds (Psalms 33:7; 135:7; Jeremiah 10:13; 51:16). God uses these elements as weapons through storms he sends on the day of war and battle (Job 36:32; Isaiah 30:30; Ezekiel 13:11–13; Revelation 16:21; for example, Joshua 10:11; Judges 5:20–21; 1 Samuel 7:10.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 19-3819-38. The marvels in heaven. "What is the way (to the place wherein) light dwelleth?" The origin of light and darkness. In Ge 1:3-5, 14-18, "light" is created distinct from, and previous to, light-emitting bodies, the luminaries of heaven.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 38
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- 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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