Psalm 147:16 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

He gives snow like wool; he scatters frost like ashes.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

He giveth snow like wool: He scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

He gives [to the earth] snow like [a blanket of] wool; He scatters the hoarfrost like ashes.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

God spreads snow like it was wool; God scatters frost like it was ashes;

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Who giveth snow like wool: scattereth mists like ashes.

Psalm 147:16 Cross References

Job 37:6

For to the snow he says, ‘Fall on the earth’; and the shower of rain, his heavy shower of rain,

Job 38:22

“Have you entered the storehouses of the snow, or have you seen the storehouses of the hail,

Job 38:29

From whose womb did the ice come forth, and who has given birth to the hoarfrost of heaven?

Psalm 148:8

fire and hail, snow and frost, stormy wind fulfilling his command!

Isaiah 55:10

For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven and do not return there until they have watered the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater,