Parallel Verses

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.

Amplified


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

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 to boil like a pot; he makes the sea like a pot of ointment. 32 “Behind him he makes a wake to shine;
One would think the deep to be gray-haired.
33 Upon earth there is not his like, who behaves without fear.

Cross References

Genesis 1:2

And the earth was without order, and empty; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

Genesis 1:15

and let them be for lights in the firmament of the heavens to give light upon the earth; and it was so.

Genesis 15:15

And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.

Genesis 25:8

Then Abraham expired and died in a good old age, an old man and full of years, and was gathered to his people.

Genesis 42:38

And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he alone is left; if some disaster should befall him by the way in which ye go, then shall ye bring my gray hairs with sorrow down to Sheol.

Job 28:14

The deep saith, It is not in me; and the sea saith, It is not with me.

Job 38:16

Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? Or hast thou walked searching out the deep?

Job 38:30

The waters harden as stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.

Proverbs 16:31

Old age is a crown of glory if it is found in the way of righteousness.

Proverbs 20:29

The glory of young men is their strength, and the beauty of old men is the gray head.

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