Job 38:22

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

20Can you take each to its home? Do you know how to get there? 21But of course you know all this! For you were born before it was all created, and you are so very experienced! “Have you visited the storehouses of the snow or seen the storehouses of hail? 23(I have reserved them as weapons for the time of trouble, for the day of battle and war.) 24Where is the path to the source of light? Where is the home of the east wind?

Job 38:22 word by word

הֲ֭בָאתָ אֶל־אֹצְר֣וֹת שָׁ֑לֶג וְאֹצְר֖וֹת בָּרָ֣ד תִּרְאֶֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Hast thou enteredבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• into the treasuresאוֹצָר'ôtsâr · treasureH214
• of the snowשֶׁ֫לֶגsheleg · snowH7950
• or hast thou seenרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• of the hailבָּרָדbârâd · hailH1259

Cross-references for Job 38:22

• Job 6:16when it is swollen with ice and melting snow.
• Job 37:6“He directs the snow to fall on the earth and tells the rain to pour down.
• Psalms 33:7He assigned the sea its boundaries and locked the oceans in vast reservoirs.
• Psalms 135:7He causes the clouds to rise over the whole earth. He sends the lightning with the rain and releases the wind from his storehouses.

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

Topics related to Job 38:22

• Blessing
• God
• Hail
• Meteorology and Celestial Phenomena

In the dictionaries

• Bar
• Bethhoron
• Consume
• Covert
• Dark
• Hitherto
• Loose
• Reserve
• Satisfy
• Spring

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