Job 38:30
Waters are hidden as a stone, || And the face of the deep is captured.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.
In Context
29From whose belly came forth the ice? And the hoarfrost of the heavens, || Who has begotten it?
31Do you bind the chains of the Pleiades? Or do you open the cords of Orion?
Cross References
Job 37:10From the breath of God is frost given, || And the breadth of waters is constricted,
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 →