King James Version
Job 38:30 in the King James Version says “The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen. is: Heb. is taken” — study this verse from Job chapter 38 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen. is: Heb. is taken”
Job 38:30 · KJV
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?
Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons? Mazzaroth: or, the twelve signs guide: Heb. guide them
KJV Study — Public Domain
“and the face”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
“of the deep”
H8415an abyss (as a surging mass of water), especially the deep (the main sea or the subterranean watersupply)
“is frozen”
H3920to catch (in a net, trap or pit); generally, to capture or occupy; also to choose (by lot); figuratively, to cohere
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