Job 37:6
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He commandeth the snow to go down upon the earth, and the winter rain, and the shower of his strength.

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

Psalm 147:16-18 Who giveth snow like wool: scattereth mists like ashes. . . .

Psalm 148:8 Fire, hail, snow, ice, stormy winds, which fulfil his word:

likewise to the small, etc.

Job 36:27 He lifteth up the drops of rain, and poureth out showers like floods:

great

Genesis 7:10-12 And after the seven days were passed, the waters of the flood overflowed the earth. . . .

Ezra 10:9,13 Then all the men of Juda, and Benjamin gathered themselves together to Jerusalem within three days, in the ninth month, the twentieth day of the month: and all the people sat in the street of the house of God, trembling because of the sin, and the rain. . . .

Proverbs 28:3 A poor man that oppresseth the poor, is like a violent shower, which bringeth a famine.

Ezekiel 13:11,13 Say to them that daub without tempering, that it shall fall: for there shall be an overflowing shower, and I will cause great hailstones to fall violently from above, and a stormy wind to throw it down. . . .

Amos 9:6 And the Lord the God of hosts is he who toucheth the earth, and it shall melt: and all that dwell therein shall mourn: and it shall rise up as a river, and shall run down as the river of Egypt.

Matthew 7:25-27 And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and they beat upon that house, and it fell not, for it was founded on a rock. . . .

Context
Elihu Proclaims God's Majesty
5God shall thunder wonderfully with his voice, he that doth great and unsearchable things. 6He commandeth the snow to go down upon the earth, and the winter rain, and the shower of his strength.7He sealeth up the hand of all men, that every one may know his works.…
Cross References
Job 5:10
Who giveth rain upon the face of the earth, and watereth all things with waters:

Job 28:26
When he gave a law for the rain, and a way for the sounding storms.

Job 36:27
He lifteth up the drops of rain, and poureth out showers like floods:

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

Psalm 147:16
Who giveth snow like wool: scattereth mists like ashes.

Lexicon
For
כִּ֤י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

He says
יֹאמַ֗ר (yō·mar)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

to the snow,
לַשֶּׁ֨לַג ׀‪‬ (laš·še·laḡ)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7950: Snow

‘Fall
הֱוֵ֫א (hĕ·wê)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1933: To fall

[on] the earth,’
אָ֥רֶץ (’ā·reṣ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land

and to the gentle rain,
וְגֶ֥שֶׁם (wə·ḡe·šem)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1653: Rain, shower

‘Pour out
וְ֝גֶ֗שֶׁם (wə·ḡe·šem)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1653: Rain, shower

a mighty
עֻזּֽוֹ׃ (‘uz·zōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5797: Strength, might

downpour.’
מִטְר֥וֹת (miṭ·rō·wṯ)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 4306: Rain


Additional Translations
For He says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth,’ and to the gentle rain, ‘Pour out a mighty downpour.’For he said to the snow, Be you on the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength.

For he saith to the snow, Fall thou on the earth; Likewise to the shower of rain, And to the showers of his mighty rain.

commanding the snow, Be thou upon the earth, and the stormy rain, and the storm of the showers of his might.

For he saith to the snow, Fall on the earth! and to the pouring rain, even the pouring rains of his might.

For he saith to the snow, Fall thou on the earth; likewise to the shower of rain, and to the showers of his mighty rain.

For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength.

For he says to the snow, 'Fall on the earth;' likewise to the shower of rain, and to the showers of his mighty rain.

For to snow He saith, 'Be on the earth.' And the small rain and great rain of His power.
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