Ayub 38:22

38:22 Have you entered the storehouse ¹  of the snow,

or seen the armory ²  of the hail,

Mazmur 135:7

135:7 He causes the clouds to arise from the end of the earth,

makes lightning bolts accompany the rain,

and brings the wind out of his storehouses.

Yeremia 10:13

10:13 When his voice thunders, ³  the heavenly ocean roars.

He makes the clouds rise from the far-off horizons. ⁴ 

He makes the lightning flash out in the midst of the rain.

He unleashes the wind from the places where he stores it. ⁵ 

[38:22]  ¹ sn Snow and ice are thought of as being in store, brought out by God for specific purposes, such as times of battle (see Josh 10:11; Exod 9:2ff.; Isa 28:17; Isa 30:30; and Ps 18:12 [13]).

[38:22]  ² tn The same Hebrew term (אוֹצָר, ’otsar), has been translated “storehouse” in the first line and “armory” in the second. This has been done for stylistic variation, but also because “hail,” as one of God’s “weapons” (cf. the following verse) suggests military imagery; in this context the word refers to God’s “ammunition dump” where he stockpiles hail.

[10:13]  ³ tn Heb “At the voice of his giving.” The idiom “to give the voice” is often used for thunder (cf. BDB 679 s.v. נָתַן Qal.1.x).

[10:13]  ⁴ tn Heb “from the ends of the earth.”

[10:13]  ⁵ tn Heb “he brings out the winds from his storehouses.”