Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version when the dust becomes hard and the clods of earth stick together? New Living Translation when the parched ground is dry and the soil has hardened into clods? English Standard Version when the dust runs into a mass and the clods stick fast together? Berean Standard Bible when the dust hardens into a mass and the clods of earth stick together? King James Bible When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together? New King James Version When the dust hardens in clumps, And the clods cling together? New American Standard Bible When the dust hardens into a mass And the clods stick together? NASB 1995 When the dust hardens into a mass And the clods stick together? NASB 1977 When the dust hardens into a mass, And the clods stick together? Legacy Standard Bible When the dust hardens into a mass And the clods stick together? Amplified Bible When the dust hardens into a mass And the clods stick together [because of the heat]? Christian Standard Bible when the dust hardens like cast metal and the clods of dirt stick together? Holman Christian Standard Bible when the dust hardens like cast metal and the clods of dirt stick together? American Standard Version When the dust runneth into a mass, And the clods cleave fast together? Contemporary English Version on the dry, lumpy soil? English Revised Version When the dust runneth into a mass, and the clods cleave fast together? GOD'S WORD® Translation when the dirt hardens into clumps and the soil clings together? Good News Translation rain that hardens the dust into lumps? International Standard Version when dust dries into a mass and then breaks apart into clods? Majority Standard Bible when the dust hardens into a mass and the clods of earth stick together? NET Bible when the dust hardens into a mass, and the clumps of earth stick together? New Heart English Bible when the dust runs into a mass, and the clods of earth stick together? Webster's Bible Translation When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together? World English Bible when the dust runs into a mass, and the clods of earth stick together? Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionIn the hardening of dust into hardness, "" And clods cleave together? Young's Literal Translation In the hardening of dust into hardness, And clods cleave together? Smith's Literal Translation In the pouring out of the dust into a melted mass, and the clods will adhere. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleWhen was the dust poured on the earth, and the clods fastened together? Catholic Public Domain Version When was the dust cast to become the earth, and when were its clods fastened together? New American Bible So that the dust of earth is fused into a mass and its clods stick together? New Revised Standard Version when the dust runs into a mass and the clods cling together? Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleWho has poured out soil upon the earth, and who has made the steep rocks? Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Who poured the dust on the Earth, and who fashioned the cliffs? OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917When the dust runneth into a mass, And the clods cleave fast together? Brenton Septuagint Translation For it is spread out as dusty earth, and I have cemented it as one hewn stone to another. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context God Challenges Job…37Who has the wisdom to count the clouds? Or who can tilt the water jars of the heavens 38when the dust hardens into a mass and the clods of earth stick together? 39Can you hunt the prey for a lioness or satisfy the hunger of young lions… Cross References Genesis 2:7 Then the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being. 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? Jeremiah 18:6 “O house of Israel, declares the LORD, can I not treat you as this potter treats his clay? Just like clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel. Psalm 104:29 When You hide Your face, they are terrified; when You take away their breath, they die and return to dust. Psalm 147:8 who covers the sky with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow on the hills. Isaiah 45:9 Woe to him who quarrels with his Maker—one clay pot among many. Does the clay ask the potter, ‘What are you making?’ Does your work say, ‘He has no hands’? Isaiah 64:8 But now, O LORD, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You are the potter; we are all the work of Your hand. Ecclesiastes 3:20 All go to one place; all come from dust, and all return to dust. Daniel 2:21-22 He changes the times and seasons; He removes kings and establishes them. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning. / He reveals the deep and hidden things; He knows what lies in darkness, and light dwells with Him. Amos 4:13 For behold, He who forms the mountains, who creates the wind and reveals His thoughts to man, who turns the dawn to darkness and strides on the heights of the earth—the LORD, the God of Hosts, is His name.” Romans 9:20-21 But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? Shall what is formed say to Him who formed it, “Why did You make me like this?” / Does not the potter have the right to make from the same lump of clay one vessel for special occasions and another for common use? 1 Corinthians 15:47-49 The first man was of the dust of the earth, the second man from heaven. / As was the earthly man, so also are those who are of the earth; and as is the heavenly man, so also are those who are of heaven. / And just as we have borne the likeness of the earthly man, so also shall we bear the likeness of the heavenly man. 2 Corinthians 4:7 Now we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this surpassingly great power is from God and not from us. Hebrews 1:10-12 And: “In the beginning, O Lord, You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands. / They will perish, but You remain; they will all wear out like a garment. / You will roll them up like a robe; like a garment they will be changed; but You remain the same, and Your years will never end.” Hebrews 11:3 By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible. Treasury of Scripture When the dust grows into hardness, and the clods stuck fast together? groweth into hardness. Jump to Previous Cleave Clods Dust Earth Fast Groweth Hard Hardening Hardens Hardness Joined Mass Masses Metal Molten Runneth Runs Stick TogetherJump to Next Cleave Clods Dust Earth Fast Groweth Hard Hardening Hardens Hardness Joined Mass Masses Metal Molten Runneth Runs Stick TogetherJob 38 1. God challenges Job to answer4. God, by his mighty works, convinces Job of ignorance 31. and weakness when the dust The Hebrew word for "dust" is "עָפָר" (ʿāfār), which often symbolizes mortality and the frailty of human life in the Bible. In Genesis 3:19, God tells Adam, "for dust you are and to dust you will return," highlighting the transient nature of human existence. In this context, God is reminding Job of the natural order and His sovereign control over creation, emphasizing that even the smallest particles of dust are under His command. hardens into a mass and the clods of earth stick together? Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew when the dustעָ֭פָר (‘ā·p̄ār) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 6083: Dust, clay, earth, mud hardens בְּצֶ֣קֶת (bə·ṣe·qeṯ) Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 3332: To pour out, to melt, cast as metal, to place firmly, to stiffen, grow hard into a mass לַמּוּצָ֑ק (lam·mū·ṣāq) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4165: Fusion, a casting, a mass and the clods of earth וּרְגָבִ֥ים (ū·rə·ḡā·ḇîm) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 7263: A clod (of earth) stick together? יְדֻבָּֽקוּ׃ (yə·ḏub·bā·qū) Verb - Pual - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 1692: To impinge, cling, adhere, to catch by pursuit Links Job 38:38 NIVJob 38:38 NLT Job 38:38 ESV Job 38:38 NASB Job 38:38 KJV Job 38:38 BibleApps.com Job 38:38 Biblia Paralela Job 38:38 Chinese Bible Job 38:38 French Bible Job 38:38 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 38:38 When the dust runs into a mass (Jb) |