King James Version

Job 6:16

Which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid:

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הַקֹּדְרִ֥יםhaqoderimthe be blackקָדַרdefinite article, verb, qal, participle, absolute — “the be black”, a verb used as a describing wordH6937to be ashy, i.e. darkcolored; by implication, to mourn (in sackcloth or sordid garments)be black(-ish), be (make) dark(-en), [idiom] heavily, (cause to) mourn.מִנִּיminifromמִןpreposition — “from”H4480properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many sensesabove, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with.קָ֑רַחqarachcrystalקֶרַחnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “crystal”, the ordinary formH7140ice (as if bald, i.e. smooth); hence, hail; by resemblance, rock crystalcrystal, frost, ice.עָ֝לֵ֗ימוֹaleymvoaboveעַלpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…יִתְעַלֶּםyitalemblindעָלַםverb, hithpael, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “blind”, an unfinished actionH5956to veil from sight, i.e. conceal (literally or figuratively)[idiom] any ways, blind, dissembler, hide (self), secret (thing).שָֽׁלֶגshalegsnowשֶׁלֶגnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “snow”, the ordinary formH7950snow (probably from its whiteness)snow(-y).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Which are black by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow hideth itself;

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American Standard Version (1901)

Which are black by reason of the ice, And wherein the snow hideth itself:

Young’s Literal Translation

That are black because of ice, By them doth snow hide itself.

World English Bible

which are black by reason of the ice, in which the snow hides itself.

Darby Translation

Which are turbid by reason of the ice, in which the snow hideth itself:

Douay-Rheims

They that fear the hoary frost, the snow shall fall upon them.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Which are black by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow hideth itself;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

They who used to reverence me, now have come against me like snow or congealed ice.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Οἵτινές με διευλαβοῦντο, νῦν ἐπιπεπτώκασί μοι ὥσπερ χιὼν ἢ κρύσταλλος πεπηγώς·