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Ps 147:16 King James He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes.

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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
He giveth snow like wool - He covers the earth with snow, so that it seems to have a clothing of wool. Compare the notes at Job 37:6 : "For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth."

He scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes - As if ashes were strewed over the earth; or, as easily as one strews ashes.
 
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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.