King James Version
Job 38:29 in the King James Version says “Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?” — study this verse from Job chapter 38 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?”
Job 38:29 · KJV
To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?
Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?
The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen. is: Heb. is taken
Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion? Pleiades: or, the seven stars: Heb. Cimah Orion: Heb. Cesil?
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“Out of whose womb”
H990the belly, especially the womb; also the bosom or body of anything
who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix
“came”
H3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim
“the ice”
H7140ice (as if bald, i.e., smooth); hence, hail; by resemblance, rock crystal
“and the hoary frost”
H3713properly, a cover, i.e., (by implication) a tankard (or covered goblet); also white frost (as covering the ground)
“of heaven”
H8064the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r
who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix
“who hath gendered”
H3205to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
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