38:29 From whose womb does the ice emerge,
and the frost from the sky, 1 who gives birth to it,
38:30 when the waters become hard 2 like stone,
when the surface of the deep is frozen solid?
1 tn Or “heavens.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heaven(s)” or “sky” depending on the context.
2 tn Several suggest that the verb is not from חָבָא (khava’, “to hide”) but from a homonym, “to congeal.” This may be too difficult to support, however.