“Have you entered the storehouses of the snow, And have you seen the storehouses of the hail,
Parallel translations
- WEB Have you entered the treasuries of the snow, or have you seen the treasures of the hail,
- KJV Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,
- BSB Have you entered the storehouses of snow or observed the storehouses of hail,
- NKJV “Have you entered the treasury of snow, Or have you seen the treasury of hail,
- NLT “Have you visited the storehouses of the snow or seen the storehouses of hail?
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Quick answer
Has Job entered the storehouses of snow and hail? God keeps these as treasures under his command.
Overview
The LORD pictures snow and hail as kept in heavenly storehouses, ready at his word. Job has no access to such reserves. The image conveys God's complete supply and control over the elements, dispensed according to his purposes.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- Job 37:6For he says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth;’ likewise to the shower of rain, and to the showers of his mighty rain.
- Ps 135:7who causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth; who makes lightnings with the rain; who brings the wind out of his treasuries;
- Ps 33:7He gathers the waters of the sea together as a heap. He lays up the deeps in storehouses.
- Job 6:16Which are black by reason of the ice, in which the snow hides itself.
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