Job 24:19

24:19 The drought as well as the heat carry away

the melted snow; ¹ 

so the grave ²  takes away those who have sinned. ³ 

Job 38:22

38:22 Have you entered the storehouse ⁴  of the snow,

or seen the armory ⁵  of the hail,

[24:19]  ¹ tn Heb “the waters of the snow.”

[24:19]  ² tn Or “so Sheol.”

[24:19]  ³ tn This is the meaning of the verse, which in Hebrew only has “The grave / they have sinned.”

[38:22]  ⁴ 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]  ⁵ 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.