King James Version

Job 38:30

The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.

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כָּ֭אֶבֶןkaevenas stoneאֶבֶןpreposition, with the article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “as stone”, the ordinary formH68a stone[phrase] carbuncle, [phrase] mason, [phrase] plummet, (chalk-, hail-, head-, sling-) stone(-ny), (divers) weight(-s).מַ֣יִםmayimwaterמַיִםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “water”, the ordinary formH4325water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen[phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).יִתְחַבָּ֑אוּyitchabavhideחָבָאverb, hithpael, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “hide”, an unfinished actionH2244to secrete[idiom] held, hide (self), do secretly.וּפְנֵ֥יufeneand a- foreפָּנִיםconjunction, noun, common, both genders, plural, construct — “and a- fore”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)[phrase] accept, a-(be-) fore(-time), against, anger, [idiom] as (long as), at, [phrase] battle, [phrase] because (of), [phrase] beseech, countenance, edge, [phrase] employ, endure, [phrase] enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-…תְ֝ה֗וֹםtehomdeepתְּהוֹםnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “deep”, the ordinary formH8415an abyss (as a surging mass of water), especially the deep (the main sea or the subterranean watersupply)deep (place), depth.יִתְלַכָּֽדוּyitlakadvcatchלָכַדverb, hithpael, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “catch”, an unfinished actionH3920to catch (in a net, trap or pit); generally, to capture or occupy; also to choose (by lot); figuratively, to cohere[idiom] at all, catch (self), be frozen, be holden, stick together, take.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

The waters are congealed like stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.

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American Standard Version (1901)

The waters hide themselves and become like stone, And the face of the deep is frozen.

Young’s Literal Translation

As a stone waters are hidden, And the face of the deep is captured.

World English Bible

The waters become hard like stone, when the surface of the deep is frozen.

Darby Translation

When the waters lie hidden as in stone, and the face of the deep holdeth fast together.

Douay-Rheims

The waters are hardened like a stone, and the surface of the deep is congealed.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

The waters are congealed like stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

which descends like flowing water? who has terrified the face of the ungodly?

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

ἣ καταβαίνει ὥσπερ ὕδωρ ῥέον; πρόσωπον ἀσεβοῦς τίς ἔπτηξε;