Job 38:38

In 11 translations

BSB

when the dust hardens into a mass and the clods of earth stick together?

KJV

When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together?groweth…: or, is turned into mire: Heb. is poured

WEB

when the dust runs into a mass, and the clods of earth stick together?

ASV

When the dust runneth into a mass, And the clods cleave fast together?

LSV

In the hardening of dust into hardness, || And clods cleave together?

YLT

In the hardening of dust into hardness, And clods cleave together?

DBY

When the dust runneth as into a molten mass, and the clods cleave fast together?

DRC

When was the dust poured on the earth, and the clods fastened together?

GNV

When the earth groweth into hardnesse, and the clottes are fast together?

JPS

When the dust runneth into a mass, and the clods cleave fast together?

LXXE

For it is spread out as dusty earth, and I have cemented it as one hewn stone to another.

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WLC

בְּצֶ֣קֶת עָ֭פָר לַמּוּצָ֑ק וּרְגָבִ֥ים יְדֻבָּֽקוּ׃

LXX-Br

Κέχυται δὲ ὥσπερ γῆ κονία, κεκόλληκα δὲ αὐτὸν ὥσπερ λίθῳ κύβον.

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