Job 38:22

Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,

Ver. 22. Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow?] i.e. Into the clouds, where these meteors (whereof before, Job 37:1-24) are engendered; and from whence God, when he pleases, bringeth such great store as if he had them treasured up by him for a long season. See the like said of the winds, Psalms 135:7, Quasi parata haberet horum penuaria. Gregory, allegorizing these words, showeth that earthly treasures are treasures of snow. We see little children what pains they take to rake and scrape together snow to make a snowball: right so they that scrape together the treasure of this world have but a snowball of it; as soon as the sun shineth, and God breatheth upon it, and so entereth into it, soon it cometh to nothing.

Or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail?] Another metaphor from officers of the exchequer or public treasury; q.d. Hast thou the inspection or administration of these meteors?