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Job 38:38

When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together?

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בְּצֶ֣קֶתbetseqetin castיָצַקpreposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct — “in cast”, the to-form of the verbH3332properly, to pour out (transitive or intransitive); by implication, to melt or cast as metal; by extension, to place firmly, to stiffen or grow hardcast, cleave fast, be (as) firm, grow, be hard, lay out, molten, overflow, pour (out), run out, set down, stedfast.עָ֭פָרafardustעָפָרnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “dust”, the ordinary formH6083dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mudashes, dust, earth, ground, morter, powder, rubbish.לַמּוּצָ֑קlamutsaqto castingמוּצָקpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “to casting”, the ordinary formH4165properly, fusion, i.e. literally, a casting (of metal); figuratively, a mass (of clay)casting, hardness.וּרְגָבִ֥יםuregavimand clodרֶגֶבconjunction, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “and clod”, the ordinary formH7263a lump of clayclod.יְדֻבָּֽקוּyedubaqvabide fastדָּבַקverb, pual, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “abide fast”, an unfinished actionH1692properly, to impinge, i.e. cling or adhere; figuratively, to catch by pursuitabide fast, cleave (fast together), follow close (hard after), be joined (together), keep (fast), overtake, pursue hard, stick, take.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

When the dust runneth into a mass, and the clods cleave fast together?

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American Standard Version (1901)

When the dust runneth into a mass, And the clods cleave fast together?

Young’s Literal Translation

In the hardening of dust into hardness, And clods cleave together?

World English Bible

when the dust runs into a mass, and the clods of earth stick together?

Darby Translation

When the dust runneth as into a molten mass, and the clods cleave fast together?

Douay-Rheims

When was the dust poured on the earth, and the clods fastened together?

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

When the dust runneth into a mass, and the clods cleave fast together?

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

For it is spread out as dusty earth, and I have cemented it as one hewn stone to another.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Κέχυται δὲ ὥσπερ γῆ κονία, κεκόλληκα δὲ αὐτὸν ὥσπερ λίθῳ κύβον.