17 The voice of his thunder rebukes the earth. So does the northern storm and the whirlwind. Like birds flying down, he sprinkles the snow. It falls down like the lighting of locusts. (WEB) 18 The eye is dazzled at the beauty of its whiteness. The heart is amazed as it falls. (WEB) 19 He also pours out frost on the earth like salt. When it is freezes, it has points like thorns. (WEB)
Sirach 43:17–19
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Sirach 43:12–14
12 It encircles the sky with its glorious circle. The hands of the Most High have stretched it out. (WEB) 13 By his commandment, he makes the snow fall and swiftly sends the lightnings of his judgment. (WEB) 14 Therefore the storehouses are opened, and clouds fly out like birds. (WEB)
Psalms 147:15–17
15 He sends forth His command to the earth; His word runs swiftly. 16 He spreads the snow like wool; He scatters the frost like ashes; 17 He casts forth His hail like pebbles. Who can withstand His icy blast?
Job 37:9–11
9 The tempest comes from its chamber, and the cold from the driving north winds. 10 By the breath of God the ice is formed and the watery expanses are frozen. 11 He loads the clouds with moisture; He scatters His lightning through them.
Job 26:10–12
10 He has inscribed a horizon on the face of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness. 11 The foundations of heaven quake, astounded at His rebuke. 12 By His power He stirred the sea; by His understanding He shattered Rahab.
Job 37:5–7
5 God thunders wondrously with His voice; He does great things we cannot comprehend. 6 For He says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth,’ and to the gentle rain, ‘Pour out a mighty downpour.’ 7 He seals up the hand of every man, so that all men may know His work.
Book of Enoch 60:17–19
17 And the spirit of the hoar-frost is his own angel, and the spirit of the hail is a good angel. (ENO) 18 And the spirit of the snow has forsaken his chambers on account of his strength—There is a special spirit therein, and that which ascends from it is like smoke, and… (ENO) 19 … (ENO)
Psalms 97:3–5
3 Fire goes before Him and consumes His foes on every side. 4 His lightning illuminates the world; the earth sees and trembles. 5 The mountains melt like wax at the presence of the LORD, before the Lord of all the earth.
Job 38:29–31
29 From whose womb does the ice emerge? Who gives birth to the frost from heaven, 30 when the waters become hard as stone and the surface of the deep is frozen? 31 Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades or loosen the belt of Orion?
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