Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

Ice is formed by the breath of God,
and watery expanses are frozen.

New American Standard Bible

“From the breath of God ice is made,
And the expanse of the waters is frozen.

King James Version

By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened.

International Standard Version

From the breath of God ice is produced, and a wide body of water is frozen.

A Conservative Version

By the breath of God ice is given, and the breadth of the waters is narrowed.

American Standard Version

By the breath of God ice is given; And the breadth of the waters is straitened.

Amplified


“Ice is made by the breath of God,
And the expanse of the waters is frozen.

Bible in Basic English

By the breath of God ice is made, and the wide waters are shut in.

Darby Translation

By the breath of God ice is given; and the breadth of the waters is straitened.

Julia Smith Translation

From the breath of God ice will be given, and the breadth of the waters in being straitened.

King James 2000

By the breath of God ice is given: and the broad waters are frozen.

Lexham Expanded Bible

By God's breath, ice is given, and [the] broad waters [are] frozen.

Modern King James verseion

By the breath of God ice is given; and the expanse of waters is frozen tight.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

At the breath of God, the frost cometh, and the waters are shed abroad.

NET Bible

The breath of God produces ice, and the breadth of the waters freeze solid.

New Heart English Bible

By the breath of God, ice is given, and the breadth of the waters is frozen.

The Emphasized Bible

By the breath of GOD, is given - frost, and, the breadth of waters, is congealed;

Webster

By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened.

World English Bible

By the breath of God, ice is given, and the breadth of the waters is frozen.

Youngs Literal Translation

From the breath of God is frost given, And the breadth of waters is straitened,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
By the breath
נשׁמה 
N@shamah 
Usage: 24

of God
אל 
'el 
Usage: 114

קרח קרח 
Qerach 
Usage: 7

is given
נתן 
Nathan 
Usage: 2011

and the breadth
רחב 
Rochab 
Usage: 101

of the waters
מים 
Mayim 
Usage: 581

References

Easton

Watsons

Context Readings

Elihu Extols God's Majesty

9 The windstorm comes from its chamber,
and the cold from the driving north winds.
10 Ice is formed by the breath of God,
and watery expanses are frozen.
11 He saturates clouds with moisture;
He scatters His lightning through them.

Cross References

Job 38:29-30

Whose womb did the ice come from?
Who gave birth to the frost of heaven

Psalm 78:47

He killed their vines with hail
and their sycamore fig trees with a flood.

Psalm 147:16-18

He spreads snow like wool;
He scatters frost like ashes;

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