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Job 37:10 Cross-References
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“By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened.”
Job 37:10 (KJV)
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Commentary on Job 37:10
By the breath of God frost is given (mi-nishmat-'El yitten-qarah, מִנִּשְׁמַת־אֵל יִתֶּן־קָרַח)—The noun nishmat (נִשְׁמַת) from neshamah (נְשָׁמָה) means 'breath' or 'spirit,' the same word used when God breathed life into Adam (Genesis 2:7). God's breath both animates life and freezes water—creative and destructive power from the same source. The breadth of the waters is straitened (ve-rohab mayim be-mûtsaq, וְרֹחַב מַיִם בְּמוּצָק)—mûtsaq means constricted or compressed; ice 'narrows' flowing water.The paradox is stunning: God's life-giving breath can also freeze and kill. The same divine r...
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Cross-References for Job 37:10
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“who has given birth to it?”
“and scatters frost like ashes.”
“their sycamore fig trees with frost.”