Psalm 147:16
Strong's Lexicon
He spreads
הַנֹּתֵ֣ן (han·nō·ṯên)
Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5414: 1) to give, put, set 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to give, bestow, grant, permit, ascribe, employ, devote, consecrate, dedicate, pay wages, sell, exchange, lend, commit, entrust, give over, deliver up, yield produce, occasion, produce, requite to, report, mention, utter, stretch out, extend 1a2) to put, set, put on, put upon, set, appoint, assign, designate 1a3) to make, constitute 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be given, be bestowed, be provided, be entrusted to, be granted to, be permitted, be issued, be published, be uttered, be assigned 1b2) to be set, be put, be made, be inflicted 1c) (Hophal) 1c1) to be given, be bestowed, be given up, be delivered up 1c2) to be put upon

the snow
שֶׁ֣לֶג (še·leḡ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7950: 1) snow

like wool;
כַּצָּ֑מֶר (kaṣ·ṣā·mer)
Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6785: 1) wool 1a) wool 1b) whiteness (metaph.) 1c) wool (in garments)

He scatters
יְפַזֵּֽר׃ (yə·p̄az·zêr)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6340: 1) to scatter, disperse 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to scatter 1a2) scattered (participle) 1b) (Niphal) to be scattered 1c) (Piel) to scatter 1d) (Pual) to be scattered

the frost
כְּ֝פ֗וֹר (kə·p̄ō·wr)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3713: 1) bowl, basin 2) hoar frost, frost

like ashes;
כָּאֵ֥פֶר (kā·’ê·p̄er)
Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 665: 1) ashes 2) (CLBL) worthlessness (fig.)

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
He spreads the snow like wool; He scatters the frost like ashes;

Young's Literal Translation
Who is giving snow like wool, Hoar-frost as ashes He scattereth.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He spreads snow like wool; He scatters frost like ashes;

New American Standard Bible
He gives snow like wool; He scatters the frost like ashes.

King James Bible
He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
He spreads the snow like wool and scatters the frost like ashes.

New Living Translation
He sends the snow like white wool; he scatters frost upon the ground like ashes.

English Standard Version
He gives snow like wool; he scatters frost like ashes.

New American Standard Bible
He gives snow like wool; He scatters the frost like ashes.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He spreads snow like wool; He scatters frost like ashes;

International Standard Version
He supplies snow like wool, scattering frost like ashes.

NET Bible
He sends the snow that is white like wool; he spreads the frost that is white like ashes.

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

English Revised Version
He giveth snow like wool; he scattereth the hoar frost like ashes.

Young's Literal Translation
Who is giving snow like wool, Hoar-frost as ashes He scattereth.
















Cross References
Exodus 16:14
And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the ground.

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 38:29
Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?

Psalm 74:17
Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter.

Psalm 148:8
Fire, and hail; snow, and vapour; stormy wind fulfilling his word:

Psalm 1:1
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

Psalm 147:15
He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth: his word runneth very swiftly.

Psalm 147:14
He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with the finest of the wheat.

Psalm 147:13
For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee.

Psalm 147:17
He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold?

Psalm 147:18
He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow.
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