The LORD Challenges Job
Job 38:29
In 11 translations
- BSB
- From whose womb does the ice emerge? Who gives birth to the frost from heaven,
- KJV
- Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?
- WEB
- Whose womb did the ice come out of? Who has given birth to the gray frost of the sky?
- ASV
- Out of whose womb came the ice? And the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?
- LSV
- From whose belly came forth the ice? And the hoarfrost of the heavens, || Who has begotten it?
- YLT
- From whose belly came forth the ice? And the hoar-frost of the heavens, Who hath begotten it?
- DBY
- Out of whose womb cometh the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who bringeth it forth?
- DRC
- Out of whose womb came the ice; and the frost from heaven who hath gendered it?
- GNV
- Out of whose wombe came the yee? who hath ingendred the frost of the heauen?
- JPS
- Out of whose womb came the ice? And the hoar-frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?
- LXXE
- And out of whose womb comes the ice? and who has produced the frost in the sky,
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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
- מִבֶּ֣טֶן מִ֭י יָצָ֣א הַקָּ֑רַח וּכְפֹ֥ר שָׁ֝מַיִם מִ֣י יְלָדֽוֹ׃
- LXX-Br
- Ἐκ γαστρὸς δὲ τίνος ἐκπορεύεται ὁ κρύσταλλος; πάχνην δὲ ἐν οὐρανῷ τίς τέτοκεν,
Who and where
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In the reference works topics that cite this verse
IceFrostGenderCondescension of GodReadings, SelectBaruch, Book ofWaterMeteorology and Celestial PhenomenaJob, Book ofColor; Colors
From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).
Cross-references most cited first
- Psalms 147:16–17He spreads the snow like wool; He scatters the frost like ashes; He casts forth His hail like pebbles. Who can withstand His icy blast?
- Job 37:10By the breath of God the ice is formed and the watery expanses are frozen.
- Job 6:16darkened because of the ice and the inflow of melting snow,
- Job 38:8Who enclosed the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb,
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