Parallel Verses English Standard Version “Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, that a flood of waters may cover you? King James Bible Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee? American Standard Version Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, That abundance of waters may cover thee? Douay-Rheims Bible Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that an abundance of waters may cover thee? English Revised Version Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee? Webster's Bible Translation Canst thou lift thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee? Job 38:34 Parallel Commentary Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament28 Hath the rain a father, Or who begetteth the drops of dew? 29 Out of whose womb cometh the ice forth, And who bringeth forth the hoar-frost of heaven? 30 The waters become hard like stone, And the face of the deep is rolled together. Rain and dew have no created father, ice and hoar-frost no created mother. The parallelism in both instances shows that מי הוליד asks after the one who begets, and מי ילדו the one who bears (vid., Hupfeld on Psalm 2:7). בּטן is uterus, and meton. (at least in Arabic) progenies uteri; ex utero cujus is מבטן מי, in distinction from מאי־זה בטן, ex quo utero. אגלי־טל is excellently translated by the lxx, Codd. Vat. and Sin., βώλους (with Omega) δρόσου; Ges. and Schlottm. correct to βόλους, but βῶλος signifies not merely a clod, but also a lump and a ball. It is the particles of the dew holding together (lxx, Cod. Alex.: συνοχὰς καὶ βω. δρ.) in a globular form, from אגל, which does not belong to גּלל, but to Arab. 'jil, retinere, II colligere (whence agı̂l, standing water, ma'‛gal, a pool, pond); אגלי is constr., like עגלי from עגל. The waters "hide themselves," by vanishing as fluid, therefore: freeze. The surface of the deep (lxx ἀσεβοῦς, for which Zwingli has in marg. ἀβύσσου) "takes hold of itself," or presses together (comp. Arab. lekda, crowding, synon. hugûm, a striking against) by forming itself into a firm solid mass (continuum, Job 41:9, comp. Job 37:10). Moreover, the questions all refer not merely to the analysis of the visible origin of the phenomena, but to their final causes. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge James 5:18 And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit. Cross References Job 22:11 or darkness, so that you cannot see, and a flood of water covers you. Job 36:27 For he draws up the drops of water; they distill his mist in rain, Job 36:28 which the skies pour down and drop on mankind abundantly. Job 38:37 Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can tilt the waterskins of the heavens, Jump to Previous Abundance Cloud Clouds Cover Covered Flood Floods Lift Raise Voice Water Waters WeightJump to Next Abundance Cloud Clouds Cover Covered Flood Floods Lift Raise Voice Water Waters WeightLinks Job 38:34 NIVJob 38:34 NLT Job 38:34 ESV Job 38:34 NASB Job 38:34 KJV Job 38:34 Bible Apps Job 38:34 Biblia Paralela Job 38:34 Chinese Bible Job 38:34 French Bible Job 38:34 German Bible Bible Hub ESV Text Edition: 2016. The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. |