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Job 6:16

Which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid:

KJV

Qui timent pruinam, irruet super eos nix.

Vulgate

οἵτινές με διευλαβοῦντο, νῦν ἐπιπεπτώκασίν μοι ὥσπερ χιὼν ἢ κρύσταλλος πεπηγώς·

LXX

Which are black by reason of the ice, And wherein the snow hideth itself:

ASV

הַ/קֹּדְרִ֥ים מִנִּי קָ֑רַח עָ֝לֵ֗י/מוֹ יִתְעַלֶּם שָֽׁלֶג

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

מִן
mn
preposition · 1223×
נֶעְלַ֣ם
n'lm
verb · 28×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
קָ֑רַח
qrch
noun · 7×
קֹדֵ֥ר
qdr
verb · 16×
שָּֽׁלֶג
shlg
noun · 20×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Job 38:22 — Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,
  • Job 38:29 — Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?
  • Ps 147:18 — He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow.