Job 38:30

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{ "verseID": "Job.38.30", "source": "כָּ֭אֶבֶן מַ֣יִם יִתְחַבָּ֑אוּ וּפְנֵ֥י תְ֝ה֗וֹם יִתְלַכָּֽדוּ׃", "text": "Like-*ʾeben* *mayim* *yitḥabbāʾû* and-*pənê* *təhôm* *yitlakkādû*.", "grammar": { "*kā*": "preposition - like/as", "*ʾeben*": "noun, feminine singular - stone", "*mayim*": "noun, masculine plural - waters", "*yitḥabbāʾû*": "hithpael imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they hide themselves", "*û*": "conjunction - and", "*pənê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - face/surface of", "*təhôm*": "noun, feminine singular - deep/abyss", "*yitlakkādû*": "hithpael imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they are frozen/captured" }, "variants": { "*ʾeben*": "stone/rock", "*mayim*": "waters/water", "*yitḥabbāʾû*": "they hide themselves/they conceal themselves", "*pənê*": "face/surface/appearance", "*təhôm*": "deep/abyss/depths", "*yitlakkādû*": "they are frozen/they are captured/they are seized" } }

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כָּ֭אֶבֶן מַ֣יִם יִתְחַבָּ֑אוּ וּפְנֵ֥י תְ֝ה֗וֹם יִתְלַכָּֽדוּ׃

Transliteration

Like-ʾeben mayim yitḥabbāʾû and-pənê təhôm yitlakkādû.

Grammar Details

• *kā*: preposition - like/as
• *ʾeben*: noun, feminine singular - stone
• *mayim*: noun, masculine plural - waters
• *yitḥabbāʾû*: hithpael imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they hide themselves
• *û*: conjunction - and
• *pənê*: noun, masculine plural construct - face/surface of
• *təhôm*: noun, feminine singular - deep/abyss
• *yitlakkādû*: hithpael imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they are frozen/captured

Word Meanings

• *ʾeben*: stone/rock
• *mayim*: waters/water
• *yitḥabbāʾû*: they hide themselves/they conceal themselves
• *pənê*: face/surface/appearance
• *təhôm*: deep/abyss/depths
• *yitlakkādû*: they are frozen/they are captured/they are seized

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  The waters are hidden like stone, and the surface of the deep is frozen.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  The waters hide themselves [and become] like stone, And the face of the deep is frozen.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  yt the waters are as harde as stones, & lye congeeled aboue the depe.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  The waters are hid as with a stone: and the face of the depth is frosen.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  That the waters are hidde as with a stone, and lye congealed aboue the deepe.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  The waters are hid as [with] a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  The waters become hard like stone, When the surface of the deep is frozen.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  As a stone waters are hidden, And the face of the deep is captured.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  The waters hide themselves `and become' like stone, And the face of the deep is frozen.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  The waters hide themselves [and become] like stone, And the face of the deep is frozen.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

• World English Bible (2000)

  The waters become hard like stone, when the surface of the deep is frozen.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

Referenced Verses

• Job 37:10 : 10 { "verseID": "Job.37.10", "source": "מִנִּשְׁמַת־אֵ֥ל יִתֶּן־קָ֑רַח וְרֹ֖חַב מַ֣יִם בְּמוּצָֽק׃", "text": "*min-nišmat-ʾēl yitten-qāraḥ wə-rōḥab mayim bə-mûṣāq*", "grammar": { "*min-nišmat*": "preposition + noun, feminine singular construct - from breath of", "*ʾēl*": "noun, masculine singular - God", "*yitten*": "qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - gives/produces", "*qāraḥ*": "noun, masculine singular - ice/frost", "*wə-rōḥab*": "conjunction + noun, masculine singular construct - and expanse/breadth of", "*mayim*": "noun, masculine plural - waters", "*bə-mûṣāq*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - in constriction/restraint/narrows" }, "variants": { "*nišmat*": "breath/blast/spirit", "*ʾēl*": "God/Mighty One", "*qāraḥ*": "ice/frost", "*rōḥab*": "expanse/breadth/width", "*bə-mûṣāq*": "in constriction/in restraint/in constraint/solid form" } }