Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
He sends down ice like raindrops: water is made hard by his cold.
New American Standard Bible
Who can stand before His
King James Version
He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold?
Holman Bible
Who can withstand His cold?
International Standard Version
He casts down his ice crystals like bread fragments. Who can endure his freezing cold?
A Conservative Version
He casts forth his ice like morsels. Who can stand before his cold?
American Standard Version
He casteth forth his ice like morsels: Who can stand before his cold?
Amplified
He casts out His ice like fragments;
Who can stand before His cold?
Darby Translation
He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold?
Julia Smith Translation
Casting his ice as morsels: before his cold who shall stand?
King James 2000
He casts forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold?
Lexham Expanded Bible
[he] throws his hail like crumbs. Who can stand before his cold?
Modern King James verseion
He casts forth His ice like crumbs; who can stand before His cold?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
He casteth forth his ice like morsels. Who is able to abide his frost?
NET Bible
He throws his hailstones like crumbs. Who can withstand the cold wind he sends?
New Heart English Bible
He hurls down his hail like pebbles. Who can stand before his cold?
The Emphasized Bible
Casting forth his ice like crumbs, Before his cold, who can stand?
Webster
He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold?
World English Bible
He hurls down his hail like pebbles. Who can stand before his cold?
Youngs Literal Translation
Casting forth His ice like morsels, Before His cold who doth stand?
Interlinear
Shalak
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 147:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
Praise To Yahweh For His Providence
16 He gives snow like wool; he sends out ice-drops like dust. 17 He sends down ice like raindrops: water is made hard by his cold. 18 At the outgoing of his word, the ice is turned to water; when he sends out his wind, there is a flowing of waters.
Cross References
Exodus 9:23-25
And Moses put out his rod to heaven: and the Lord sent thunder, and an ice-storm, and fire running down on the earth; the Lord sent an ice-storm on the land of Egypt.
Joshua 10:11
And in their flight before Israel, on the way down from Beth-horon, the Lord sent down great stones from heaven on them all the way to Azekah, causing their death: those whose death was caused by the stones were more than those whom the children of Israel put to death with the sword.
Job 37:9-10
Out of its place comes the storm-wind, and the cold out of its store-houses.
Job 38:22-23
Have you come into the secret place of snow, or have you seen the store-houses of the ice-drops,
Job 38:29-30
Out of whose body came the ice? and who gave birth to the cold mist of heaven?
Psalm 78:47-48
He sent ice for the destruction of their vines; their trees were damaged by the bitter cold.