⁶ For He says to the snow, Fall on the earth; likewise He speaks to the showers and to the downpour of His mighty rains.

⁷ God seals up (stops, brings to a standstill by severe weather) the hand of every man [and now under His seal their hands are forced to inactivity], that all men whom He has made may know His doings (His sovereign power and their subjection to it).

⁸ Then the beasts go into dens and remain in their lairs.