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The Book of Job, Chapter 38, Verse 30

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29
Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?
King James Version
The waters are hid as [with] a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.
American Standard Version
The waters hide themselves [and become] like stone, And the face of the deep is frozen.
New English Translation
when the waters become hard like stone, when the surface of the deep is frozen solid?
World English Bible
The waters become hard like stone, when the surface of the deep is frozen.
31
Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?
32
Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?
33
Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?
34
Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?
35
Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we [are]?
36
Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?
37
Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,
38
When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together?
39
Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,
40
When they couch in [their] dens, [and] abide in the covert to lie in wait?