Job 38:30

[When] like a stone the waters are congealed, and the face of the deep is bound in fetters?

Leeser Tanakh

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 womb cometh forth the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven—who giveth birth to it?

31Canst thou bind together the chains of the Pleiades, or loosen the bands of Orion?

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Cross References

Job 37:10From the breathing of God ice is given, and the broad waters become solid.

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 →

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