Psalms 147:18
He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow.
Psalms 147:18 in other translations
| BSB | He sends forth His word and melts them; He unleashes His winds, and the waters flow. |
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| WEB | He sends out his word, and melts them. He causes his wind to blow, and the waters flow. |
| ASV | He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: He causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow. |
| YLT | He sendeth forth His word and melteth them, He causeth His wind to blow--the waters flow. |
| DARBY | He sendeth his word, and melteth them; he causeth his wind to blow — the waters flow. |
| BBE | At the outgoing of his word, the ice is turned to water; when he sends out his wind, there is a flowing of waters. |
| Webster | He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow. |
What does Psalms 147:18 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 147:15-18
15-18. God's Word, as a swift messenger, executes His purpose, for with Him to command is to perform (Ge 1:3; Psa 33:9), and He brings about the wonders of providence as easily as men cast crumbs.
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 147:12-20
The church, like Jerusalem of old, built up and preserved by the wisdom, power, and goodness of God, is exhorted to praise him for all the benefits and blessings vouchsafed to her; and these are represented by his favours in the course of nature. The thawing word may represent the gospel of Christ, and the thawing wind the Spirit of Christ; for the Spirit is compared to the wind, Joh 3:8. Converting grace softens…
Psalms 147:18 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 147:18
- Psalms 147:15
He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth: his word runneth very swiftly.
- Psalms 33:9
For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast.
- Job 37:10
By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened.
- Job 6:16-17
Which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid: What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.
- Psalms 107:20
He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.
- Job 37:17
How thy garments are warm, when he quieteth the earth by the south wind?
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Context
- Psalms 147:17
He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold?
- Psalms 147:18
He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow.
- Psalms 147:19
He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel.
Psalms 147:18 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Enviará su palabra, y los derretirá: soplará su viento, y fluirán las aguas. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Il envoie sa parole et les fait fondre; il fait souffler son vent: les eaux coulent. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Er sendet sein Wort und schmelzt sie; er läßt seinen Wind wehen: es rieseln die Wasser. |