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Psalms 147:16

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

KJV

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

ASV

הַ/נֹּתֵ֣ן שֶׁ֣לֶג כַּ/צָּ֑מֶר כְּ֝פ֗וֹר כָּ/אֵ֥פֶר יְפַזֵּֽר

Hebrew

Who giveth snow like wool: scattereth mists like ashes.

Douay-Rheims

Who is giving snow like wool, Hoar-frost as ashes He scattereth.

YLT

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֵֽפֶר
'pr
noun · 21×
כְפוֹרֵ֨י
kpvry
noun · 12×
ם
m
verb · 1995×
מְפֻזָּ֤ר
mpzr
verb · 9×
צֶ֥מֶר
tsmr
noun · 16×
שָּֽׁלֶג
shlg
noun · 20×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Isa 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:
  • 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 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 37:10 — By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened.
  • Job 38:29 — Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?
  • Job 38:29 — Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?
  • Ps 148:8 — Fire, and hail; snow, and vapours; stormy wind fulfilling his word: