Job 38:30
The waters are joined together, hard as a stone, and the face of the deep is covered.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.
In Context
29Out of whose body came the ice? and who gave birth to the cold mist of heaven?
31Are the bands of the Pleiades fixed by you, or are the cords of Orion made loose?
Cross References
Job 37:10By the breath of God ice is made, and the wide waters are shut in.
Matthew Henry on Job 38:26-41
God's Sovereign Dominion and Goodness. ( b. c. 1520.) 25 Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder; 26 To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man; 27 To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth? 28 Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew? 29 Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it? 30 The… Read the whole commentary →