Elihu Proclaims God’s Majesty
Job 37:10
In 11 translations
- BSB
- By the breath of God the ice is formed and the watery expanses are frozen.
- KJV
- By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened.
- WEB
- By the breath of God, ice is given, and the width of the waters is frozen.
- ASV
- By the breath of God ice is given; And the breadth of the waters is straitened.
- LSV
- From the breath of God is frost given, || And the breadth of waters is constricted,
- YLT
- From the breath of God is frost given, And the breadth of waters is straitened,
- DBY
- By the breath of God ice is given; and the breadth of the waters is straitened.El
- DRC
- When God bloweth there cometh frost, and again the waters are poured out abundantly.
- GNV
- At the breath of God the frost is giuen, and the breadth of the waters is made narrowe.
- JPS
- By the breath of God ice is given, and the breadth of the waters is straitened.
- LXXE
- And from the breath of the Mighty One he will send frost; and he guides the water in whatever way he pleases.
Word by word Hebrew · tap a word
Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- מִנִּשְׁמַת־אֵ֥ל יִתֶּן־קָ֑רַח וְרֹ֖חַב מַ֣יִם בְּמוּצָֽק׃
- LXX-Br
- Καὶ ἀπὸ πνοῆς ἰσχυροῦ δώσει πάγος· οἰακίζει δὲ τὸ ὕδωρ ὡς ἐὰν βούληται,
Who and where
👤 God◆ Job's Trial
People, places and events the Theographic dataset links to this verse.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
FrostIceBreathElihuStrait; Straiten; StraitlyPhilosophyReligionCloudsProvidence of God, TheMeteorology and Celestial Phenomena
From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).
Cross-references most cited first
- Job 38:29–30From whose womb does the ice emerge? Who gives birth to the frost from heaven, when the waters become hard as stone and the surface of the deep is frozen?
- Psalms 147:16–18He spreads the snow like wool; He scatters the frost like ashes; 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.
- Psalms 78:47He killed their vines with hailstones and their sycamore-figs with sleet.
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).