Job 37:10
By the breath of God ice is given; and the breadth of the waters is straitened.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened.
In Context
9From the chamber [of the south] cometh the whirlwind; and cold from the winds of the north.
11Also with plentiful moisture he loadeth the thick clouds, his light dispels the cloud;
Cross References
Job 38:29Out of whose womb cometh the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who bringeth it forth?
Psalms 78:47He killed their vines with hail, and their sycamore trees with hail-stones;
Psalms 147:17He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold?
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 →