Job 37:9
Out of its place comes the storm-wind, and the cold out of its store-houses.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of the north.
In Context
8Then the beasts go into their holes, and take their rest.
10By the breath of God ice is made, and the wide waters are shut in.
Cross References
Job 38:1And the Lord made answer to Job out of the storm-wind, and said,
Psalms 147:17He sends down ice like raindrops: water is made hard by his cold.
Isaiah 21:1The word about the waste land. As storm-winds in the South go rushing through, it comes from the waste land, from the land greatly to be feared.
Matthew Henry on Job 37:7-14
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. 7 He sealeth up the hand of every man; that all men may know his work. 8 Then the beasts go into dens, and remain in their places. 9 Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of the north. 10 By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened. 11 Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud: 12 And it is turned round about by… Read the whole commentary →