JOB 38:30 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX ἣ καταβαίνει ὥσπερ ὕδωρ ῥέον; πρόσωπον ἀσεβοῦς τίς ἔπτηξε;
(haʸ katabainei hōsper hudōr ɽeon; prosōpon asebous tis eptaʸxe; )

BrTr which descends like flowing water? who has terrified the face of the ungodly?

ULT As under stone, the waters hide themselves,
⇔ and the face of the deep freezes.

UST Do you know why the surface of lakes freezes in the winter?
⇔ You cannot see the water below the surface; it is as if there is a layer of stone on top of it.

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

OEB The waters are frozen like stone,
⇔ And the face of the deep remains hidden.

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

WMBB (Same as above)

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

LSV Waters are hidden as a stone,
And the face of the deep is captured.

FBV Water turns into rock-hard ice; its surface freezes solid.

T4T In the winter, the water freezes and becomes hard, like a rock,
⇔ and the surface of lakes becomes frozen.

LEB • the waters become hard, and the faces of the deep freeze.

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

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JPS The waters are congealed like stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.

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

DRA The waters are hardened like a stone, and the surface of the deep is congealed.

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

Drby When the waters lie hidden as in stone, and the face of the deep holdeth fast together.

RV The waters are hidden as with stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.

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

KJB-1769 The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.[fn]

38.30 is…: Heb. is taken

KJB-1611 [fn]The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deepe is frozen.

38:30 Heb. is taken.

Bshps That the waters are hidde as with a stone, and lye congealed aboue the deepe.
(That the waters are hid as with a stone, and lie congealed above the deepe.)

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

Cvdl yt the waters are as harde as stones, & lye congeeled aboue the depe.
(yt the waters are as hard as stones, and lie congeeled above the depe.)

Wycl Watris ben maad hard in the licnesse of stoon, and the ouer part of occian is streyned togidere.
(Watris been made hard in the licnesse of stone, and the over part of occian is streyned together.)

Luth daß das Wasser verborgen wird wie unter Steinen und die Tiefe oben gestehet?
(daß the water verborgen becomes like under Steinen and the depth above gestehet?)

ClVg In similitudinem lapidis aquæ durantur, et superficies abyssi constringitur.
(In similitudinem lapidis awhich durantur, and superficies abyssi constringitur. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

כָּ֭⁠אֶבֶן מַ֣יִם יִתְחַבָּ֑אוּ וּ⁠פְנֵ֥י תְ֝ה֗וֹם יִתְלַכָּֽדוּ

like_the,stone waters become_hard and,surface (the)_deep frozen

Yahweh is describing further natural phenomena that, like the ice and frost he described in the previous verse, occur when it is cold. Yahweh is suggesting that if Job is as wise as he claims, he ought to be able to explain these as well. So this is implicitly a question. You could translate it that way if it would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: “Can you explain how, in cold weather, the waters hide themselves as under stone, and the face of the deep freezes?”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

כָּ֭⁠אֶבֶן

like_the,stone

The point of this comparison is that just as it is not possible to see through stone, it is typically not possible to see through the ice that forms on top of the waters in the winter. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this point explicitly. Alternate translation: “As under stone through which one cannot see”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

מַ֣יִם יִתְחַבָּ֑אוּ

waters become_hard

Yahweh is speaking as if the waters were living things that could hide themselves. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “the waters are hidden”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

וּ⁠פְנֵ֥י

and,surface

Yahweh is using the term face in a specific sense to mean “surface.” Alternate translation: “and the surface of”

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