KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Psalms 147:15–16
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Psalms 147:15
15He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth: his word runneth very swiftly.
15He sendeth forth his commandement vpon earth: his word runneth very swiftly.
Psalms 147:16
16He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes.
16He giueth snow like wooll: he scattereth the hoare frost like ashes.
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DEFINED WORDS
Psalms 147:15
Outward, onward, or away from a place.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
MEANING IN THIS VERSE
commandment
An authoritative command, charge, order, or precept to be obeyed, as identified by the verse.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The ground or dry land; the world or inhabited realm; or a country and its people, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE)
A spoken or written expression; a saying, message, command, promise, account, or matter.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Truly or in a high degree; as an adjective, true or real.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Rapidly; with celerity; with quick motion or velocity.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
DEFINED WORDS
Psalms 147:16
Frozen precipitation falling or lying in white flakes.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Similar or of the same kind; in the same manner; likely; or, as a verb, to please.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
Wool used in the verse as a comparison for whiteness, softness, or what a worm consumes.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The powdery residue left after burning; also a sign of mourning, humiliation, or ruin.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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From verse 15
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Open the full verse study12And it is turned round about by his counsels: that they may do whatsoever he commandeth them upon the face of the world in the earth.
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Open the full verse study20He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.
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Open the full verse study1FINALLY, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you:
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Open the full verse study29When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only:
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Open the full verse study13And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy way; and as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee. And his servant was healed in the selfsame hour.
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Open the full verse study8The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed.
9For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.
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Open the full verse study9For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast.
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Open the full verse study4¶ But the Lord sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken.
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Open the full verse study25For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof.
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Open the full verse study11The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it.
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Open the full verse study6For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength.
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Open the full verse study29Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?
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Open the full verse study8Fire, and hail; snow, and vapour; stormy wind fulfilling his word:
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Open the full verse study10For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:
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Open the full verse study9Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of the north.
10By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened.
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