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 It makes the deep sea boil like a pot. It stirs up the ocean like a boiling kettle. 32 “Behind him he makes a wake to shine;
One would think the deep to be gray-haired.
33 Nothing on land can compare to it. It was made fearless.

Cross References

Genesis 1:2

The earth was without form and empty. Darkness covered the deep water. The Spirit of God hovered over the waters.

Genesis 1:15

Let them be for lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth. It was so.

Genesis 15:15

As for yourself, you shall go to your ancestors in peace. You shall be buried at a good old age.

Genesis 25:8

Then he took his last breath and died at a very old age. After a long and full life, he joined his ancestors in death.

Genesis 42:38

Jacob replied: My son will not go with you. His brother is dead, and he is the only one left. If any harm comes to him on the trip you are taking, the grief would drive this gray-haired old man to his grave!

Job 28:14

The deep ocean says: 'It is not in me.' The sea proclaims: 'Not in me either!'

Job 38:16

Have you journeyed to the springs of the sea or walked in the recesses of the deep?

Job 38:30

when the waters become hard as stone, when the surface of the deep is frozen?

Proverbs 16:31

Gray hair is a crown of glory when it is found in the way of righteousness.

Proverbs 20:29

The glory of young men is their strength. The honor of old men is their gray haired [wisdom and experience].

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