By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened.
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Gill's Exposition
By the breath of God frost is given,.... By the word of God, as the Targum; at his command it is, at his word it comes, and at his word it goes, Psa 147:15; or by his will, as Ben Gersom interprets…
Barnes' Notes
By the breath of God frost is given - Not by the violent north wind, or by the whirlwind of the south, but God seems to “breathe” in a gentle manner, and the earth is covered with hoary frost. It…
Adam Clarke
By the breath of God frost is given - The freezing of water, though it is generally allowed to be the effect of cold, and has been carefully examined by the most eminent philosophers, is still…
The changes and extremities of the weather, wet or dry, hot or cold, are the subject of a great deal of our common talk and observation; but how seldom do we think and speak of these things, as Elihu…
Cambridge Bible
By the breath of God frost Rather, ice. The wind is the breath of God as the thunder is His voice. This cold breath gives ice.