Holy Scripture

Job 37:6

A church father on this verse
“Who ordereth the snow to descend on the earth, and the rains of the winter, and the showers of His strength. Because the Psalmist says, Thou shalt wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow; [Ps. 51, 7] what do we understand by snow in this place, but the hearts of the Saints made white by the light of righteousness? Bu…”
Gregory the Dialogist, 7th c. — Morals on the Book of Job, Book XXVII

Source: Septuagint

Original

6Commanding the snow, Be thou upon the earth, And the stormy rain, and the storm of the showers of his might.

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4After him shall be a cry with a loud voice; He shall thunder with the voice of his excellency, Yet he shall not cause men to pass away, for one shall hear his voice.

5The Mighty One shall thunder wonderfully with his voice: For he has done great things which we knew not;

— Job 37:6 —

7He seals up the hand of every man, That every man may know his own weakness.

8And the wild beasts come in under the covert, And rest in their lair.

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