Job 38:29
27 to satisfy the parched wasteland and make it sprout with tender grass?
28 Does the rain have a father? Who has begotten the drops of dew?
From whose womb does the ice emerge? Who gives birth to the frost from heaven,
30 when the waters become hard as stone and the surface of the deep is frozen?
31 Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades or loosen the belt of Orion?
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- From whose womb does the ice emerge? Who gives birth to the frost from heaven,
- KJV
- Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?
- WEB
- Whose womb did the ice come out of? Who has given birth to the gray frost of the sky?
- ASV
- Out of whose womb came the ice? And the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?
- DARBY
- Out of whose womb cometh the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who bringeth it forth?
- BLB
- From whose womb comes forth the ice? And the frost of the heavens, who gives birth to it?
- ÅB
- Av hvis liv er vel isen gått fram, og himmelens rim - hvem fødte det?
- OTB
- Fra hvis liv kommer isen?
Hvem føder himmelens rimfrost - B1930
- Av hvis liv er vel isen gått frem, og himmelens rim - hvem fødte det?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 147:16–17
He spreads the snow like wool; He scatters the frost like ashes;
Read in contextJob 37:10
By the breath of God the ice is formed and the watery expanses are frozen.
Read in contextJob 6:16
darkened because of the ice and the inflow of melting snow,
Read in contextJob 38:8
Who enclosed the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb,
Read in context