New International Version
Job 37:10
10The breath of God produces ice, and the broad waters become frozen.
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)God’s breath sends the ice, freezing wide expanses of water.
Context of Job 37:10
8The animals take cover; they remain in their dens. 9The tempest comes out from its chamber, the cold from the driving winds. The breath of God produces ice, and the broad waters become frozen. 11He loads the clouds with moisture; he scatters his lightning through them. 12At his direction they swirl around over the face of the whole earth to do whatever he commands them.
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מִנִּשְׁמַת־אֵ֥ל יִתֶּן־קָ֑רַח וְרֹ֖חַב מַ֣יִם בְּמוּצָֽק׃Read the interlinear
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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
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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
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