Job 38:30

NETBible

when the waters become hard 1  like stone, when the surface of the deep is frozen solid?

NIV ©

when the waters become hard as stone, when the surface of the deep is frozen?

NASB ©

"Water becomes hard like stone, And the surface of the deep is imprisoned.

NLT ©

For the water turns to ice as hard as rock, and the surface of the water freezes.

MSG ©

You don't for a minute imagine these marvels of weather just happen, do you?

BBE ©

The waters are joined together, hard as a stone, and the face of the deep is covered.

NRSV ©

The waters become hard like stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.

NKJV ©

The waters harden like stone, And the surface of the deep is frozen.

KJV
The waters
<04325>
are hid
<02244> (8691)
as [with] a stone
<068>_,
and the face
<06440>
of the deep
<08415>
is frozen
<03920> (8691)_.
{is...: Heb. is taken}
NASB ©
"Water
<4325>
becomes
<2244>
hard
<2244>
like stone
<68>
, And the surface
<6440>
of the deep
<8415>
is imprisoned
<3920>
.
LXXM
h
<3739> 
R-NSF
katabainei
<2597> 
V-PAI-3S
wsper
<3746> 
ADV
udwr
<5204> 
N-NSN
reon {V-PAPNS} proswpon
<4383> 
N-ASN
de
<1161> 
PRT
abussou
<12> 
N-GSF
tiv
<5100> 
I-NSM
ephxen
<4078> 
V-AAI-3S
NET [draft] ITL
when the waters
<04325>
become hard
<02244>
like stone
<068>
, when the surface
<06440>
of the deep
<08415>
is frozen solid
<03920>
?
HEBREW
wdklty
<03920>
Mwht
<08415>
ynpw
<06440>
wabxty
<02244>
Mym
<04325>
Nbak (38:30)
<068>
NETBible

when the waters become hard 1  like stone, when the surface of the deep is frozen solid?

NET Notes

1 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.