Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version when the waters become hard as stone, when the surface of the deep is frozen? New Living Translation For the water turns to ice as hard as rock, and the surface of the water freezes. English Standard Version The waters become hard like stone, and the face of the deep is frozen. Berean Standard Bible when the waters become hard as stone and the surface of the deep is frozen? King James Bible The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen. New King James Version The waters harden like stone, And the surface of the deep is frozen. New American Standard Bible “Water becomes hard like stone, And the surface of the deep is imprisoned. NASB 1995 “Water becomes hard like stone, And the surface of the deep is imprisoned. NASB 1977 “Water becomes hard like stone, And the surface of the deep is imprisoned. Legacy Standard Bible Water becomes hard like stone, And the surface of the deep is interlocked. Amplified Bible “Water becomes like stone [and hides itself], And the surface of the deep is frozen and imprisoned. Christian Standard Bible when water becomes as hard as stone, and the surface of the watery depths is frozen? Holman Christian Standard Bible when water becomes as hard as stone, and the surface of the watery depths is frozen? American Standard Version The waters hide themselves and become like stone, And the face of the deep is frozen. Contemporary English Version that fall in winter, when streams and lakes freeze solid as a rock? English Revised Version The waters are hidden as with stone, and the face of the deep is frozen. GOD'S WORD® Translation The water hardens like a stone, and the surface of the ocean freezes over. Good News Translation which turn the waters to stone and freeze the face of the sea? International Standard Version when water solidifies like stone and the surface of the deepest sea freezes? Majority Standard Bible when the waters become hard as stone and the surface of the deep is frozen? NET Bible when the waters become hard like stone, when the surface of the deep is frozen solid? New Heart English Bible The waters become hard like stone, when the surface of the deep is frozen. Webster's Bible Translation The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen. World English Bible The waters become hard like stone, when the surface of the deep is frozen. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionWaters are hidden as a stone, "" And the face of the deep is captured. Young's Literal Translation As a stone waters are hidden, And the face of the deep is captured. Smith's Literal Translation The waters shall be hid as a stone, and the face of the depth will be taken. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleThe waters are hardened like a stone, and the surface of the deep is congealed. Catholic Public Domain Version The waters are hardened to become like stone, and the surface of the abyss freezes over. New American Bible When the waters lie covered as though with stone that holds captive the surface of the deep? New Revised Standard Version The waters become hard like stone, and the face of the deep is frozen. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleThe waters are hardened like a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated The waters are hardened like stone, and the surfaces of the depths are frozen OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917The waters are congealed like stone, And the face of the deep is frozen. Brenton Septuagint Translation which descends like flowing water? who has terrified the face of the ungodly? Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context God Challenges Job…29From whose womb does the ice emerge? Who gives birth to the frost from heaven, 30when the waters become hard as stone and the surface of the deep is frozen? 31Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades or loosen the belt of Orion?… Cross References Psalm 147:17-18 He casts forth His hail like pebbles. Who can withstand His icy blast? / He sends forth His word and melts them; He unleashes His winds, and the waters flow. Psalm 33:7 He piles up the waters of the sea; He puts the depths into storehouses. Genesis 1:9-10 And God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered into one place, so that the dry land may appear.” And it was so. / God called the dry land “earth,” and the gathering of waters He called “seas.” And God saw that it was good. Proverbs 8:29 when He set a boundary for the sea, so that the waters would not surpass His command, when He marked out the foundations of the earth. Jeremiah 5:22 Do you not fear Me?” declares the LORD. “Do you not tremble before Me, the One who set the sand as the boundary for the sea, an enduring barrier it cannot cross? The waves surge, but they cannot prevail. They roar but cannot cross it. Psalm 104:9 You set a boundary they cannot cross, that they may never again cover the earth. Isaiah 40:12 Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, or marked off the heavens with the span of his hand? Who has held the dust of the earth in a basket, or weighed the mountains on a scale and the hills with a balance? Psalm 148:8 lightning and hail, snow and clouds, powerful wind fulfilling His word, Genesis 8:2 The springs of the deep and the floodgates of the heavens were closed, and the rain from the sky was restrained. Exodus 15:8 At the blast of Your nostrils the waters piled up; like a wall the currents stood firm; the depths congealed in the heart of the sea. Psalm 78:47-48 He killed their vines with hailstones and their sycamore-figs with sleet. / He abandoned their cattle to the hail and their livestock to bolts of lightning. Isaiah 55:10 For just as rain and snow fall from heaven and do not return without watering the earth, making it bud and sprout, and providing seed to sow and food to eat, Psalm 107:25-29 For He spoke and raised a tempest that lifted the waves of the sea. / They mounted up to the heavens, then sunk to the depths; their courage melted in their anguish. / They reeled and staggered like drunkards, and all their skill was useless. ... Matthew 8:26-27 “You of little faith,” Jesus replied, “why are you so afraid?” Then He got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and it was perfectly calm. / The men were amazed and asked, “What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the sea obey Him!” Mark 4:39-41 Then Jesus got up and rebuked the wind and the sea. “Silence!” He commanded. “Be still!” And the wind died down, and it was perfectly calm. / “Why are you so afraid?” He asked. “Do you still have no faith?” / Overwhelmed with fear, they asked one another, “Who is this, that even the wind and the sea obey Him?” Treasury of Scripture The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen. the face Job 37:10 By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened. frozen. Jump to Previous Captured Congealed Covered Deep Face Fast Frozen Hard Hid Hidden Hide Holdeth Imprisoned Joined Lie Stone Surface Themselves Together Water WatersJump to Next Captured Congealed Covered Deep Face Fast Frozen Hard Hid Hidden Hide Holdeth Imprisoned Joined Lie Stone Surface Themselves Together Water WatersJob 38 1. God challenges Job to answer4. God, by his mighty works, convinces Job of ignorance 31. and weakness when the waters The phrase "when the waters" refers to the natural element of water, which is essential for life and often symbolizes chaos and the unknown in biblical literature. In Hebrew, the word for waters is "mayim," which is used throughout the Old Testament to describe both literal and metaphorical waters. This phrase sets the stage for a discussion of God's control over the natural world, emphasizing His sovereignty over creation. become hard as stone and the surface of the deep is frozen? Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew when the watersמַ֣יִם (ma·yim) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen become hard יִתְחַבָּ֑אוּ (yiṯ·ḥab·bā·’ū) Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 2244: To withdraw, hide as stone, כָּ֭אֶבֶן (kā·’e·ḇen) Preposition-k, Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 68: A stone and the surface וּפְנֵ֥י (ū·p̄ə·nê) Conjunctive waw | Noun - common plural construct Strong's 6440: The face of the deep תְ֝ה֗וֹם (ṯə·hō·wm) Noun - common singular Strong's 8415: An abyss, the deep is frozen? יִתְלַכָּֽדוּ׃ (yiṯ·lak·kā·ḏū) Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 3920: To catch, to capture, occupy, to choose, to cohere Links Job 38:30 NIVJob 38:30 NLT Job 38:30 ESV Job 38:30 NASB Job 38:30 KJV Job 38:30 BibleApps.com Job 38:30 Biblia Paralela Job 38:30 Chinese Bible Job 38:30 French Bible Job 38:30 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 38:30 The waters become hard like stone when (Jb) |