KJV King James Version
By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened.
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Job 37:10
By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
By the breath of God the ice is formed and the watery expanses are frozen.
WEB World English Bible
By the breath of God, ice is given, and the breadth of the waters is frozen.
ASV American Standard Version
By the breath of God ice is given; And the breadth of the waters is straitened.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
From the breath of God is frost given, And the breadth of waters is straitened,
Surrounding context — Job 37
7 He sealeth up the hand of every man; that all men may know his work.
8 Then the beasts go into dens, and remain in their places.
9 Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of the north.
10 By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened.
11 Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud:
12 And it is turned round about by his counsels: that they may do whatsoever he commandeth them upon the face of the world in the earth.
13 He causeth it to come, whether for correction, or for his land, or for mercy.
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