Job 38:22

Have you come into the secret place of snow, or have you seen the store-houses of the ice-drops,

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

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

In Context

21No doubt you have knowledge of it, for then you had come to birth, and the number of your days is great.

23Which I have kept for the time of trouble, for the day of war and fighting?

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Cross References

Job 6:16Which are dark because of the ice, and the snow falling into them;

Psalms 33:7He makes the waters of the sea come together in a mass; he keeps the deep seas in store-houses.

Psalms 147:16He gives snow like wool; he sends out ice-drops like dust.

Matthew Henry on Job 38:13-25

Works of God. ( b. c. 1520.) 12 Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place; 13 That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it? 14 It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment. 15 And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken. 16 Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth? 17 Have the gates of death been opened unto thee?… Read the whole commentary →

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