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Psalms 147:17 Cross-References
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“He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold?”
Psalms 147:17 (KJV)
Commentary on Psalms 147:17
He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold? The Hebrew mashlik qarcho kefittim (מַשְׁלִיךְ קַרְחוֹ כְפִתִּים) uses mashlik (casts, hurls) and kefittim (morsels, fragments), depicting God throwing hailstones or ice fragments like someone scattering bread crumbs. The image conveys both ease (God effortlessly disperses ice) and power (what seems small to Him is overwhelming to creation). Qarcho (קַרְחוֹ, His ice) emphasizes divine ownership and agency over frozen precipitation.The rhetorical question "who can stand before his cold?" (lifnei karato mi ya'amod, לִפְנֵי קָר...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Psalms 147:17
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“who has given birth to it?”
“or have you seen the treasures of the hail”
“and cold out of the north.”
“their sycamore fig trees with frost.”
“and Yahweh sent thunder”
“as they fled from before Israel”