Job 38:30

The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deepe is frozen.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

"Water becomes hard like stone, And the surface of the deep is imprisoned.
- New American Standard Version (1995)

The waters hide themselves `and become' like stone, And the face of the deep is frozen.
- American Standard Version (1901)

The waters are joined together, hard as a stone, and the face of the deep is covered.
- Basic English Bible

When the waters lie hidden as in stone, and the face of the deep holdeth fast together.
- Darby Bible

The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.
- Webster's Bible

The waters become hard like stone, when the surface of the deep is frozen.
- World English Bible

As a stone waters are hidden, And the face of the deep is captured.
- Youngs Literal Bible

The waters are congealed like stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible

Wesley's Notes for Job 38:30

38:28 Father - Is there any man that can beget or produce rain at his pleasure?

38:31 Bind - Restrain or hinder them. Pleiades - The seven stars, which bring in the spring. Bands - By which it binds up the air and earth, by bringing storms of rain and hail or frost and snow. Orion - This constellation rises in November, and brings in winter. Both summer and winter will have their course? God indeed can change them when he pleases, can make the spring cold, and so bind the influences of Pleiades, and the winter warm, and so loose the bands of Orion; but we cannot.

38:32 Bring forth - Canst thou make the stars in the southern signs arise and appear? Arcturus - Those in the northern. His sons - The lesser stars, which are placed round about them; and attend upon them, as children upon their parents.