Parallel Verses
NET Bible
He sends the snow that is white like wool; he spreads the frost that is white 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.
Amplified
He gives [to the earth] snow like [a blanket of] wool;
He scatters the 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.
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 through the earth; swiftly his order reaches its destination. 16 He sends the snow that is white like wool; he spreads the frost that is white like ashes. 17 He throws his hailstones like crumbs. Who can withstand the cold wind he sends?
Cross References
Job 37:6
For to the snow he says, 'Fall to earth,' and to the torrential rains, 'Pour down.'
Job 38:29
From whose womb does the ice emerge, and the frost from the sky, who gives birth to it,
Psalm 148:8
O fire and hail, snow and clouds, O stormy wind that carries out his orders,
Job 37:9-10
A tempest blows out from its chamber, icy cold from the driving winds.
Isaiah 55:10
The rain and snow fall from the sky and do not return, but instead water the earth and make it produce and yield crops, and provide seed for the planter and food for those who must eat.