Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
It shall be turned as clay to the seal; and they shall stand as clothing.
New American Standard Bible
And they stand forth like a garment.
King James Version
It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment.
Holman Bible
its hills stand out like the folds of a garment.
International Standard Version
Like clay is molded by a signet ring, the earth's hills and valleys then stand out like the colors of a garment.
A Conservative Version
It is changed as clay under the seal, and [all things] stand forth as a garment.
American Standard Version
It is changed as clay under the seal; And all things'stand forth as a garment:
Amplified
“The earth is changed like clay into which a seal is pressed;
And the things [of the earth] stand out like a [multi-colored] garment.
Bible in Basic English
It is changed like wet earth under a stamp, and is coloured like a robe;
Darby Translation
It is changed like the signet-clay; and all things stand forth as in a garment:
King James 2000
It is turned as clay under the seal; and they stand out as a garment.
Lexham Expanded Bible
It is changed like clay [under] a seal, and they appear like a garment.
Modern King James verseion
It is turned like clay under a seal; and they stand forth like a garment.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Their tokens and weapons hast thou turned like clay, and set them up again as the changing of a garment.
NET Bible
The earth takes shape like clay under a seal; its features are dyed like a garment.
New Heart English Bible
It is changed as clay under the seal, and stands forth as a garment.
The Emphasized Bible
It transformeth itself like the clay of a seal, so that things stand forth like one arrayed;
Webster
It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment.
World English Bible
It is changed as clay under the seal, and stands forth as a garment.
Youngs Literal Translation
It turneth itself as clay of a seal And they station themselves as clothed.
Interlinear
References
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Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 38:14
Verse Info
Context Readings
Yahweh Interrogates Job
13 To take hold upon the wings of the earth, and the unjust shall be shaken out of it? 14 It shall be turned as clay to the seal; and they shall stand as clothing. 15 And their light shall be withheld from the unjust, and the high arm shall be broken.
Names
Cross References
Psalm 104:2
Being covered with light as a garment: stretching forth the heavens as a curtain:
Psalm 104:6
The deep thou coveredst it as a garment: the waters will stand upon the mountains.