King James Version

Job 37:17

How thy garments are warm, when he quieteth the earth by the south wind?

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אֲשֶׁרasherbecauseאֲשֶׁרparticle, relative — “because”H834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.[idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever,…בְּגָדֶ֥יךָbegadeykhaapparelבֶּגֶדnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “apparel”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH899a covering, i.e. clothing; also treachery or pillageapparel, cloth(-es, ing), garment, lap, rag, raiment, robe, [idiom] very (treacherously), vesture, wardrobe.חַמִּ֑יםchamimhotחָםadjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “hot”, the ordinary formH2525hothot, warm.בְּהַשְׁקִ֥טbehashqitin appeaseשָׁקַטpreposition, verb, hiphil, infinitive construct — “in appease”, the to-form of the verbH8252to repose (usually figurative)appease, idleness, (at, be at, be in, give) quiet(-ness), (be at, be in, give, have, take) rest, settle, be still.אֶ֝֗רֶץeretsearthאֶרֶץnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.מִדָּרֽוֹםmidaromfrom southדָּרוֹםpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “from south”, the ordinary formH1864the south; poet. the south windsouth.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Thou whose garments are warm, when the earth is still by reason of the south wind;

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American Standard Version (1901)

How thy garments are warm, When the earth is still by reason of the south wind ?

Young’s Literal Translation

How thy garments [are] warm, In the quieting of the earth from the south?

World English Bible

You whose clothing is warm when the earth is still by reason of the south wind?

Darby Translation

How thy garments become warm when he quieteth the earth by the south wind?

Douay-Rheims

Are not thy garments hot, when the south wind blows upon the earth?

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Thou whose garments are warm, when the earth is still by reason of the south wind;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

But thy robe is warm, and there is quiet upon the land.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Σοῦ δὲ ἡ στολὴ θερμὴ, ἡσυχάζεται δὲ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.