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Selected Verse: Psalms 147:16 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ps 147:16 |
Strong Concordance |
He giveth [05414] snow [07950] like wool [06785]: he scattereth [06340] the hoarfrost [03713] like ashes [0665]. |
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King James |
He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
He 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. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Like wool - Not only in colour and shape, and softness, but also in use, keeping the fruits of the earth warm. Ashes - In colour and smallness of parts, as also in its burning quality. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
He giveth snow like wool - Falling down in large flakes; and in this state nothing in nature has a nearer resemblance to fine white wool.
Scattereth the hoar frost like ashes - Spreading it over the whole face of nature. |
6 For he saith [0559] to the snow [07950], Be thou [01933] on the earth [0776]; likewise to the small [04306] rain [01653], and to the great [04306] rain [01653] of his strength [05797].