Job 37:10

Job 37:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened.
• New International Version (NIV)The breath of God produces ice, and the broad waters become frozen.
• English Standard Version (ESV)By the breath of God ice is given, and the broad waters are frozen fast.
• New King James Version (NKJV)By the breath of God ice is given, And the broad waters are frozen.

Context of Job 37:10

8The wild animals enter their lairs and stay in their dens. 9The windstorm comes from its chamber, and the cold from the driving north winds. Ice is formed by the breath of God, and watery expanses are frozen. 11He saturates clouds with moisture; he scatters his lightning through them. 12They swirl about, turning round and round at his direction, accomplishing everything he commands them over the surface of the inhabited world.

Job 37:10 word by word

מִנִּשְׁמַת־אֵ֥ל יִתֶּן־קָ֑רַח וְרֹ֖חַב מַ֣יִם בְּמוּצָֽק׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• By the breathנְשָׁמָהneshâmâh · breathH5397
• of Godאֵל'êl · GodH410
• frostקֶ֫רַחqerach qôrach · iceH7140
• is givenנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• and the breadthרֹ֫חַבrôchab · widthH7341
• of the watersמַיmayim · waterH4325
• is straitenedמוּצָקmûtsaq mûtsâq · constraintH4164

Cross-references for Job 37:10

• Job 38:29Whose womb did the ice come from? Who gave birth to the frost of heaven
• Psalms 78:47He killed their vines with hail and their sycamore fig trees with a flood.
• Psalms 147:16He spreads snow like wool; he scatters frost like ashes;

Commentaries on Job 37:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10By the breath of God frost is given - The freezing of water, though it is generally allowed to be the effect of cold, and has been carefully examined by the most eminent philosophers, is still involved in much mystery; and is a very proper subject to be produced among the great things which God doeth, and which we cannot comprehend, Job 37:5. Water, when frozen, becomes solid, and increases considerably in bulk. The expansive power in freezing is so…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10By the breath of God frost is given - Not by the violent north wind, or by the whirlwind of the south, but God seems to “breathe” in a gentle manner, and the earth is covered with hoary frost. It appears in a still night, when there is no storm or tempest, and descends upon the earth as silently as if it were produced by mere breathing. Frost is congealed or frozen dew. On the formation and cause of dew, see the notes at Job 38:28. The figure is poetical…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. the breath of God--poetically, for the ice-producing north wind. frost--rather, "ice." straitened--physically accurate; frost compresses or contracts the expanded liquid into a congealed mass (Job 38:29, 30; Psa 147:17, 18).Read the comment

Topics related to Job 37:10

• Blessing
• Breath
• God
• God Continued...
• Meteorology and Celestial Phenomena
• Religion

In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Comprehend
• Den
• Direct
• Elihu
• Frost
• Ice
• Strait; Straiten; Straitly

Commentaries on Job 37

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings