King James Version

Job 38:29

Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?

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מִבֶּ֣טֶןmibetenfrom bodyבֶּטֶןpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “from body”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH990the belly, especially the womb; also the bosom or body of anythingbelly, body, [phrase] as they be born, [phrase] within, womb.מִ֭יmiwhoמִיparticle, interrogative — “who”H4310who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffixany (man), [idiom] he, [idiom] him, [phrase] O that! what, which, who(-m, -se, -soever), [phrase] would to God.יָצָ֣אyatsabring forthיָצָאverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “bring forth”, a completed actionH3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.[idiom] after, appear, [idiom] assuredly, bear out, [idiom] begotten, break out, bring forth (out, up), carry out, come (abroad, out, thereat, without), [phrase] be condemned, depart(-ing, -ure), draw forth, in the end, escape, exact, fail…הַקָּ֑רַחhaqarachthe crystalקֶרַחdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the crystal”, the ordinary formH7140ice (as if bald, i.e. smooth); hence, hail; by resemblance, rock crystalcrystal, frost, ice.וּכְפֹ֥רukheforand basonכְּפוֹרconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “and bason”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3713properly, a cover, i.e. (by implication) a tankard (or covered goblet); also white frost (as covering the ground)bason, hoar(-y) frost.שָׁ֝מַיִםshamayimheavenשָׁמַיִםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “heaven”, the ordinary formH8064the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)air, [idiom] astrologer, heaven(-s).מִ֣יmiwhoמִיparticle, interrogative — “who”H4310who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffixany (man), [idiom] he, [idiom] him, [phrase] O that! what, which, who(-m, -se, -soever), [phrase] would to God.יְלָדֽוֹyeladvobearיָלַדverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “bear”, a completed actionH3205to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineagebear, beget, birth(-day), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch, labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be the son of, (wom…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Out of whose womb came the ice? And the hoar-frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?

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American Standard Version (1901)

Out of whose womb came the ice? And the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?

Young’s Literal Translation

From whose belly came forth the ice? And the hoar-frost of the heavens, Who hath begotten it?

World English Bible

Whose womb did the ice come out of? Who has given birth to the gray frost of the sky?

Darby Translation

Out of whose womb cometh the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who bringeth it forth?

Douay-Rheims

Out of whose womb came the ice; and the frost from heaven who hath gendered it?

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Out of whose womb came the ice? And the hoar-frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And out of whose womb comes the ice? and who has produced the frost in the sky,

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐκ γαστρὸς δὲ τίνος ἐκπορεύεται ὁ κρύσταλλος; πάχνην δὲ ἐν οὐρανῷ τίς τέτοκεν,