Job 38:30
“The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deepe is frozen.”
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Job 38:30 Context
28Hath the raine a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew? 29Out of whose wombe came the yce? and the hoary frost of heauen, who hath gendred it? 30The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deepe is frozen. 31Canst thou bind the sweete influences of Pleiades? or loose the bands of Orion? 32Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season, or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sonnes?
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The waters are hid as [with] a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.
- King James Version
"Water becomes hard like stone, And the surface of the deep is imprisoned.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
The waters hide themselves `and become' like stone, And the face of the deep is frozen.
- American Standard Version (1901)
The waters are joined together, hard as a stone, and the face of the deep is covered.
- Basic English Bible
When the waters lie hidden as in stone, and the face of the deep holdeth fast together.
- Darby Bible
The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.
- Webster's Bible
The waters become hard like stone, when the surface of the deep is frozen.
- World English Bible
As a stone waters are hidden, And the face of the deep is captured.
- Youngs Literal Bible
The waters are congealed like stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible