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Job 38:29

Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?

KJV

De cujus utero egressa est glacies ? et gelu de cælo quis genuit ?

Vulgate

ἐκ γαστρὸς δὲ τίνος ἐκπορεύεται ὁ κρύσταλλος; πάχνην δὲ ἐν οὐρανῷ τίς τέτοκεν

LXX

Out of whose womb came the ice? And the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?

ASV

מִ/בֶּ֣טֶן מִ֭י יָצָ֣א הַ/קָּ֑רַח וּ/כְפֹ֥ר שָׁ֝מַיִם מִ֣י יְלָדֽ/וֹ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

הוֹלִ֣יד
hvlyd
verb · 478×
י
y
noun · 72×
כְפוֹרֵ֨י
kpvry
noun · 12×
ם
m
verb · 1071×
מִ֣י
my
particle · 420×
קָ֑רַח
qrch
noun · 7×
שָּׁמַ֔יִם
shmym
noun · 419×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Job 6:16 — Which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid:
  • Job 37:10 — By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened.
  • Job 37:10 — By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened.
  • Job 38:8 — Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?
  • Ps 147:16 — He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes.
  • Ps 147:16 — He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes.
  • Ps 147:17 — He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold?