Job 38:29
27 To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?
28 Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?
30 The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.
31 Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands 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 giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes.
Read in contextJob 37:10
By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened.
Read in contextJob 6:16
Which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid:
Read in contextJob 38:8
Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?
Read in context