JOB 37:10 Parallel View

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Key: yellow:verbs, blue:Elohim.
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ULT From the breath of God ice is made,
⇔ and the breadth of the waters is in narrowness.

UST In the winter, cold winds turn water into ice.
⇔ The water in lakes freezes solid.

BSB By the breath of God the ice is formed
⇔ and the watery expanses are frozen.

OEB By the breath of God ice is given,
⇔ The broad waters lie in constraint.

WEB By the breath of God, ice is given,
⇔ and the width of the waters is frozen.

NET The breath of God produces ice,
 ⇔ and the breadth of the waters freeze solid.

LSV From the breath of God is frost given,
And the breadth of waters is constricted,

FBV God's breath produces ice, freezing the surface of water solid.

T4T In the ◄winter/cold season►, the cold north wind is like God’s breath that causes [MET] water to freeze;
⇔ he causes the lakes/streams to become ice.

LEB • and the broad waters are frozen.

BBE By the breath of God ice is made, and the wide waters are shut in.

MOF No MOF JOB book available

JPS By the breath of God ice is given, and the breadth of the waters is straitened.

ASV By the breath of God ice is given;
 ⇔ And the breadth of the waters is straitened.

DRA When God bloweth there cometh frost, and again the waters are poured out abundantly.

YLT From the breath of God is frost given, And the breadth of waters is straitened,

DBY By the breath of [fn]God ice is given; and the breadth of the waters is straitened.

37.10 El

RV By the breath of God ice is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened.

WBS By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened.

KJB By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened.

BB At the breath of God the hoare frost is geuen, and the brode waters are frosen.
(At the breath of God the hoare frost is given, and the brode waters are frosen.)

GNV At the breath of God the frost is giuen, and the breadth of the waters is made narrowe.
(At the breath of God the frost is given, and the breadth of the waters is made narrowe. )

CB At the breth of God, the frost commeth, & the waters are shed abrode.
(At the breth of God, the frost cometh/comes, and the waters are shed abroad.)

WYC Whanne God makith blowyng, frost wexith togidere; and eft ful brood watris ben sched out.
(When God makith blowyng, frost wexith together; and after full brood waters been sched out.)

LUT Vom Odem Gottes kommt Frost, und große Wasser, wenn er auftauen läßt.
(Vom Odem God’s kommt Frost, and large water, when he auftauen läßt.)

CLV Flante Deo, concrescit gelu, et rursum latissimæ funduntur aquæ.
(Flante Deo, concrescit gelu, and again latissimæ funduntur aquæ. )

BRN And from the breath of the Mighty One he will send frost; and he guides the water in whatever way he pleases.

BrLXX Καὶ ἀπὸ πνοῆς ἰσχυροῦ δώσει πάγος· οἰακίζει δὲ τὸ ὕδωρ ὡς ἐὰν βούληται,
(Kai apo pnoaʸs isⱪurou dōsei pagos; oiakizei de to hudōr hōs ean boulaʸtai, )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

מִ⁠נִּשְׁמַת־אֵ֥ל יִתֶּן־קָ֑רַח

by,breath god given ice

Elihu is speaking as if cold wind were the breath of God. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “From the cold wind ice is made”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

מִ⁠נִּשְׁמַת־אֵ֥ל יִתֶּן־קָ֑רַח

by,breath god given ice

If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “The breath of God makes ice” or “The cold wind makes ice”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וְ⁠רֹ֖חַב מַ֣יִם בְּ⁠מוּצָֽק

and,broad waters in/on/at/with,frozen

While water actually expands when it freezes, Elihu probably means that when water freezes solid, it does not move around with the wind and so it remains within a smaller area. You could indicate that in your translation if it would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: “and the waters freeze solid and stay in one place”

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