JOB 38:29 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) ≈Whose womb does the ice come from,
⇔ ≈and who gives birth to the frost that descends from the sky,

Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT From whose womb does ice come?
⇔ And the frost of the skies, who bears it?

UST Do you know how water becomes ice in the winter?
⇔ Do you know why dew turns into the frost that covers the ground in the winter?

BSB From whose womb does the ice emerge?
⇔ Who gives birth to the frost from heaven,

OEB Out of whose womb issued the ice?
⇔ And the hoar-frost of heaven – who hath borne it?

WEBBE Whose womb did the ice come out of?
⇔ Who has given birth to the grey frost of the sky?

WMBB (Same as above)

NET From whose womb does the ice emerge,
⇔ and the frost from the sky, who gives birth to it,

LSV From whose belly came forth the ice? And the hoarfrost of the heavens,
Who has begotten it?

FBV Who was the mother of ice? Does the frost of the air have a mother?

T4T And from whose womb does ice come in the ◄winter/cold season►?
⇔ Who gives birth to the frost that comes down from the sky?

LEB • and who fathered the frost of heaven?

BBE Out of whose body came the ice? and who gave birth to the cold mist of heaven?

Moff No Moff JOB book available

JPS Out of whose womb came the ice? And the hoar-frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?

ASV Out of whose womb came the ice?
⇔ And the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?

DRA Out of whose womb came the ice; and the frost from heaven who hath gendered it?

YLT From whose belly came forth the ice? And the hoar-frost of the heavens, Who hath begotten it?

Drby Out of whose womb cometh the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who bringeth it forth?

RV Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?

Wbstr Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?

KJB-1769 Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?
(Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath/has gendered it? )

KJB-1611 Out of whose wombe came the yce? and the hoary frost of heauen, who hath gendred it?
(Out of whose womb came the yce? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath/has gendred it?)

Bshps Out of whose wombe came the yce? Who hath gendred the coldnesse of the ayre?
(Out of whose womb came the yce? Who hath/has gendred the coldnesse of the ayre?)

Gnva Out of whose wombe came the yee? who hath ingendred the frost of the heauen?
(Out of whose womb came the yee? who hath/has ingendred the frost of the heaven? )

Cvdl Out of whose wobe came the yse? who hath gendred the coldnes of ye ayre?
(Out of whose wobe came the yse? who hath/has gendred the coldnes of ye/you_all ayre?)

Wyc Of whos wombe yede out iys, and who gendride frost fro heuene?
(Of whos womb went out iys, and who begat/gave_birth_to frost from heaven?)

Luth Aus wes Leibe ist das Eis gegangen? Und wer hat den Reif unter dem Himmel gezeuget,
(Out_of wes Leibe is the Eis gegangen? And who has the Reif under to_him heaven gezeuget,)

ClVg De cujus utero egressa est glacies? et gelu de cælo quis genuit?
(De cuyus utero egressa it_is glacies? and gelu about cælo who/any genuit? )

BrTr And out of whose womb comes the ice? and who has produced the frost in the sky,

BrLXX Ἐκ γαστρὸς δὲ τίνος ἐκπορεύεται ὁ κρύσταλλος; πάχνην δὲ ἐν οὐρανῷ τίς τέτοκεν,
(Ek gastros de tinos ekporeuetai ho krustallos; paⱪnaʸn de en ouranōi tis tetoken, )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

מִ⁠בֶּ֣טֶן מִ֭י יָצָ֣א הַ⁠קָּ֑רַח וּ⁠כְפֹ֥ר שָׁ֝מַיִם מִ֣י יְלָדֽ⁠וֹ

from,womb who? he/it_went_forth the,ice and,frost heaven who? given_birth,it

Yahweh is speaking as if ice and frost had an actual mother. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “Where does ice come from? And where does the frost of the skies come from?”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וּ⁠כְפֹ֥ר שָׁ֝מַיִם

and,frost heaven

Yahweh assumes that Job will understand that by the frost of the skies, he means the frost that is on the ground in the morning after a cold night and that appears to have fallen from the sky, even though it is actually dew that has formed on the ground and frozen. (Yahweh is not referring to snow, which falls visibly from the sky.) You could indicate this in your translation if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: “And the frost that appears to have fallen from the skies”

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