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Job 38:30

The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.

KJV

In similitudinem lapidis aquæ durantur, et superficies abyssi constringitur.

Vulgate

ἣ καταβαίνει ὥσπερ ὕδωρ ῥέον; πρόσωπον δὲ ἀσεβοῦς τίς ἔπτηξεν;

LXX

The waters hide themselvesand becomelike stone, And the face of the deep is frozen.

ASV

כָּ֭/אֶבֶן מַ֣יִם יִתְחַבָּ֑אוּ וּ/פְנֵ֥י תְ֝ה֗וֹם יִתְלַכָּֽדוּ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶ֣בֶן
'bn
noun · 267×
הֵחָבֵֽא
hchb'
verb · 33×
הּ
h
verb · 121×
מַ֖יִם
mym
noun · 580×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
תְּה֣וֹם
thvm
noun · 36×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Job 37:10 — By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened.