Job 37:10
By the breath of God the ice is formed and the watery expanses are frozen.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened.
In Context
9The tempest comes from its chamber, and the cold from the driving north winds.
11He loads the clouds with moisture; He scatters His lightning through them.
Cross References
Job 38:29From whose womb does the ice emerge? Who gives birth to the frost from heaven,
Psalms 78:47He killed their vines with hailstones and their sycamore-figs with sleet.
Psalms 147:17He casts forth His hail like pebbles. Who can withstand His icy blast?
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 →