Psalm 147:16 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

¹⁶ He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoar frost like ashes.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ He giveth snow like wool: He scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ He gives [to the earth] snow like [a blanket of] wool; He scatters the hoarfrost like ashes.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ He giveth snow like wool; He scattereth the hoar-frost like ashes.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ God spreads snow like it was wool; God scatters frost like it was ashes;

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ Who giveth snow like wool: scattereth mists like ashes.

Psalm 147:16 Cross References

Job 37:6

For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength.

Job 38:22

Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? Or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,

Job 38:29

Out of whose womb came the ice? And the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?

Psalm 148:8

fire, and hail; snow, and vapor; stormy wind fulfilling his word:

Isaiah 55:10

For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: