Job 37:6

“For he saith to the snow, be thou [on] the earth, etc.] In the original it is, be thou earth: hence one of the Rabbins formed a notion, that the earth was created from snow under the throne of glory, which is justly censured by Maimonides f1276; for there is a defect of the letter b, as in (<143430>2 Chronicles 34:30); as Aben Ezra observes; and therefore rightly supplied by us, on the earth. This is one of the great and incomprehensible things of God. What is the cause of it, how it is generated, what gives it its exceeding whiteness and its form, we rather guess at than certainly know; and there are some things relative to it not easy to be accounted for: as that it should be generated in…”

“Be--more forcible than "fall," as UMBREIT translates Gen 1:3. to the small rain, &c.--He saith, Be on the earth. The shower increasing from "small" to "great," is expressed by the plural "showers" (Margin), following the singular "shower." Winter rain (Sol 2:11).”

“For he saith to the snow - That is, the snow is produced by the command of God, and is a proof of his wisdom and greatness. The idea is, that; the formation of snow was an illustration of the wisdom of God, and should teach people to regard him with reverence. It is not to be supposed that the laws by which snow is formed in the atmosphere were understood in the time of Elihu. The fact that it seemed to be the effect of the immediate creation of God, was the principal idea in the mind of Elihu in illustrating his wisdom. But it is not less fitted to excite our admiration of his wisdom now that the laws by which it is produced are better understood; and in fact the knowledge of those laws is…”

“Strength - Those storms of rain which come with great force and irresistible violence. Job 37:7”

“he: Job 38:22; Psa 147:16-18, Psa 148:8 likewise to the small: etc. Heb. and to the shower of rain, and to the showers of rain of his strength. Job 36:27 great: Gen 7:10-12; Ezr 10:9, Ezr 10:13; Pro 28:3; Eze 13:11, Eze 13:13; Amo 9:6; Mat 7:25-27 Job 37:7”

“6 For He saith to the snow: Fall towards the earth, And to the rain-shower And the showers of His mighty rain. 7 He putteth a seal on the hand of every man, That all men may come to a knowledge of His creative work. 8 The wild beast creepeth into a hiding-place, And in its resting-place it remaineth. 9 Out of the remote part cometh the whirlwind, And cold from the cloud-sweepers. 10 From the breath of God cometh ice, And the breadth of the waters is straitened. Like אבי, Job 34:36, and פּשׁ, Job 35:15, הוא, Job 37:6 (is falsely translated "be earthwards" by lxx, Targ., and Syr.), also belongs to the most striking Arabisms of the Elihu section: it signifies delabere (Jer. ut descendat), a…”