Job 37:10
God's breath produces ice, freezing the surface of water solid.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened.
In Context
9The south wind blows in storms, while the north wind blows in cold weather.
11He fills the clouds with moisture; he scatters his lightning from them.
Cross References
Job 38:29Who was the mother of ice? Does the frost of the air have a mother?
Psalms 78:47He destroyed their vines with hail, and their fig trees with freezing rain.
Psalms 147:17He throws hail like stones. Who can stand the cold he sends?
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 →