Parallel Verses

Amplified


“Behind him he makes a shining wake;
One would think the deep to be gray-haired [with foam].

New American Standard Bible

“Behind him he makes a wake to shine;
One would think the deep to be gray-haired.

King James Version

He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary.

Holman Bible

He leaves a shining wake behind him;
one would think the deep had gray hair!

International Standard Version

The sea is luminescent behind him; his wake turns the sea white, like those with gray hair.

A Conservative Version

He makes a path to shine after him. [A man] would think the deep to be hoary.

American Standard Version

He maketh a path to shine after him; One would think the deep to be hoary.

Bible in Basic English

After him his way is shining, so that the deep seems white.

Darby Translation

He maketh the path to shine after him: one would think the deep to be hoary.

Julia Smith Translation

He will cause a beaten path to shine after him: the deep will be reckoned to be hoary.

King James 2000

He leaves a path shining after him; one would think the deep to have white hair.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Behind it, {it leaves a glistening wake}; one would think [that] the deep [has] gray hair.

Modern King James verseion

He makes a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be gray-headed.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

He maketh the path to be seen after him, and the deep is his walking place.

NET Bible

It leaves a glistening wake behind it; one would think the deep had a head of white hair.

New Heart English Bible

He makes a path shine after him. One would think the deep had white hair.

The Emphasized Bible

After him, he lighteth up a path, one might think the resounding deep to be hoary!

Webster

He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary.

World English Bible

He makes a path shine after him. One would think the deep had white hair.

Youngs Literal Translation

After him he causeth a path to shine, One thinketh the deep to be hoary.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
He maketh a path
נתבה נתיבה נתיב 
Nathiyb 
Usage: 26

to shine
אור 
'owr 
Usage: 42

אחר 
'achar 
Usage: 488

the deep
תּהם תּהום 
T@howm 
Usage: 36

Context Readings

The Lord Continues: Can You Conquer Leviathan, Job?

31
“He makes the deep water boil like a pot;
He makes the sea like a [foaming] pot of ointment.
32 
“Behind him he makes a shining wake;
One would think the deep to be gray-haired [with foam].
33
“Upon earth there is nothing like him—no equal exists,
A creature made without fear.



Cross References

Genesis 1:2

The earth was formless and void or a waste and emptiness, and darkness was upon the face of the deep [primeval ocean that covered the unformed earth]. The Spirit of God was moving (hovering, brooding) over the face of the waters.

Genesis 1:15

and let them be useful as lights in the expanse of the heavens to provide light on the earth”; and it was so, [just as He commanded].

Genesis 15:15

As for you, you shall [die and] go to your fathers in peace; you shall be buried at a good old age.

Genesis 25:8

Then Abraham breathed his last and he died at a good old age, an old man who was satisfied [with life]; and he was gathered to his people [who had preceded him in death].

Genesis 42:38

But Jacob said, “My son shall not go down [to Egypt] with you; for his brother is dead, and he alone is left [of Rachel’s children]. If any harm or accident should happen to him on the journey you are taking, then you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol (the place of the dead) in sorrow.”

Job 28:14


“The deep says, ‘It is not in me’;
And the sea says, ‘It is not with me.’

Job 38:16


“Have you entered and explored the springs of the sea
Or [have you] walked in the recesses of the deep?

Job 38:30


“Water becomes like stone [and hides itself],
And the surface of the deep is frozen and imprisoned.

Proverbs 16:31


The silver-haired head is a crown of splendor and glory;
It is found in the way of righteousness.

Proverbs 20:29


The glory of young men is their [physical] strength,
And the honor of aged men is their gray head [representing wisdom and experience].

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