Parallel Verses
Amplified
He gives [to the earth] snow like [a blanket of] wool;
He scatters the frost like ashes.
New American Standard Bible
He scatters the
King James Version
He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes.
Holman Bible
He scatters frost like ashes;
International Standard Version
He supplies snow like wool, scattering frost like ashes.
A Conservative Version
He gives snow like wool. He scatters the hoar-frost like ashes.
American Standard Version
He giveth snow like wool; He scattereth the hoar-frost like ashes.
Bible in Basic English
He gives snow like wool; he sends out ice-drops like dust.
Darby Translation
He giveth snow like wool, scattereth the hoar frost like ashes;
Julia Smith Translation
Giving snow as wool: he will scatter the hoarfrost as ashes.
King James 2000
He gives snow like wool: he scatters the frost like ashes.
Lexham Expanded Bible
[He] gives snow like wool; he scatters frost like ashes;
Modern King James verseion
He gives snow like wool; He scatters the hoarfrost like ashes.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
He giveth snow like wool, and scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes.
NET Bible
He sends the snow that is white like wool; he spreads the frost that is white like ashes.
New Heart English Bible
He gives snow like wool, and scatters frost like ashes.
The Emphasized Bible
Who giveth snow like wool, Hoar-frost - like ashes, he scattereth:
Webster
He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoar-frost like ashes.
World English Bible
He gives snow like wool, and scatters frost like ashes.
Youngs Literal Translation
Who is giving snow like wool, Hoar-frost as ashes He scattereth.
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 147:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
Praise To Yahweh For His Providence
15
He sends His command to the earth;
His word runs very swiftly.
He gives [to the earth] snow like [a blanket of] wool;
He scatters the frost like ashes.
He casts out His ice like fragments;
Who can stand before His cold?
Cross References
Job 37:6
“For He says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth’;
And [He speaks] to the showers and to the downpour [of His mighty rains], ‘Be strong.’
Job 38:29
“Out of whose womb has come the ice?
And the frost of heaven, who has given it birth?
Psalm 148:8
Lightning and hail, snow and fog;
Stormy wind, fulfilling His orders;
Job 37:9-10
“Out of its chamber comes the storm,
And cold from the north wind.
Isaiah 55:10
“For as the rain and snow come down from heaven,
And do not return there without watering the earth,
Making it bear and sprout,
And providing seed to the sower and bread to the eater,