Have you entered the treasuries of the snow, or have you seen the treasures of the hail,

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    Have you entered the treasuries of the snow, or have you seen the treasures of the hail,

  • KJV King James Version

    Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,

  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    Hast thou entered the treasuries of the snow, or hast thou seen the treasuries of the hail,

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Cross-references (4)

Passages linked to Job 38:22 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • Job 37:6 For he says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth,’ likewise to the shower of rain, and to the showers of his mighty rain.
  • Psalms 135:7 He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He makes lightnings with the rain. He brings the wind out of his treasuries.
  • Job 6:16 Which are black by reason of the ice, in which the snow hides itself.
  • Psalms 33:7 He gathers the waters of the sea together as a heap. He lays up the deeps in storehouses.

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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Job 38:22 Hast thou entered into the treasures of…

Job 38:22 Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,

Ver. 22. Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow?] i.e. Into the clouds, where these meteors (whereof before, Job 37:1-24) are engendered; and from whence God, when he pleases, bringeth such great store as if he had them treasured up by him for a long season. See the like said of the winds, Psa 135:7, Quasi parata haberet horum penuaria. Gregory, allegorizing these words, showeth that earthly treasures are treasures of snow. We see little children what pains they take to rake and scrape together snow to make a snowball: right so they that scrape together the treasure of this world have but a snowball of it; as soon as the sun shineth, and God breatheth upon it, and so entereth into it, soon it cometh to nothing.

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Or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail?] Another metaphor from officers of the exchequer or public treasury; q.d. Hast thou the inspection or administration of these meteors?

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Dost thou know where I have laid up those…
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow?…
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Treasures - Dost thou know where I have laid…
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 22. The treasures of the snow] The places…
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Job 38:22-23. Hast thou entered into the treasures of…
Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Hast thou entered into the treasures of snow? -…
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain treasures--storehouses, from which God draws forth snow and hail.…
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain γ. He must have penetrated to the storehouses of…
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 22. the treasures] That is, the treasuries, the magazines.…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow?…
The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow?
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 38:22-23 Snow and hail are kept in divine storehouses…

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