Job 37:10
8 Then the beasts go into dens, and remain in their places.
9 Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of the north.
By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened.
11 Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud:
12 And it is turned round about by his counsels: that they may do whatsoever he commandeth them upon the face of the world in the earth.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- By the breath of God the ice is formed and the watery expanses are frozen.
- KJV
- By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened.
- WEB
- By the breath of God, ice is given, and the width of the waters is frozen.
- ASV
- By the breath of God ice is given; And the breadth of the waters is straitened.
- DARBY
- By the breath of God ice is given; and the breadth of the waters is straitened.
- BLB
- From the breath of God, ice is given, and the breadth of the waters [is] in constraint.
- ÅB
- Av Guds ånde kommer is, og brede vann bindes.
- OTB
- Ved Guds pust dannes is,
Og vannets vidder fryser til. - B1930
- Av Guds ånde kommer is, og brede vann bindes.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 38:29–30
Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?
Read in contextPsalms 147:16–18
He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes.
Read in contextPsalms 78:47
He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycomore trees with frost.
Read in context