job 38:38 when the dust groweth into hardness and the clods cleave fast together

Job 38:38

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— When the dust hardens into a mass And the clods stick together?
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together?
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— When the dust runneth into a mass, and the clods cleave fast together?
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— When the dust runneth into a mass, And the clods cleave fast together?
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together?
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— When the dust runneth as into a molten mass, and the clods cleave fast together?
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— When the dust is cast into a clod, and the lumps are bound together?
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— In the hardening of dust into hardness, And clods cleave together?
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— When was the dust poured on the earth, and the clods fastened together?
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— When the earth groweth into hardnesse, and the clottes are fast together?
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— When the dust groweeh into hardnesse, and the clods cleaue fast together?
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— Who has poured out soil upon the earth, and who has made the steep rocks?
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— For it is spread out as dusty earth, and I have cemented it as one hewn stone to another.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together?

When the dust 6083

{6083} Prime
עָפָר
`aphar
{aw-fawr'}

From H6080; dust (as powdered or gray); hence clay, earth, mud.

groweth 3332

{3332} Prime
יָצַק
yatsaq
{yaw-tsak'}

A primitive root; properly to pour out (transitively or intransitively); by implication to melt or cast as metal; by extension to place firmly, to stiffen or grow hard.

z8800

<8800> Grammar

Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Infinitive (See H8812)
Count - 4888

into hardness, 4165

{4165} Prime
מוּצָק
muwtsaq
{moo-tsawk'}

From H5694; properly fusion, that is, literally a casting (of metal); figuratively a mass (of clay).

and the clods 7263

{7263} Prime
רֶגֶב
regeb
{reh'-gheb}

From an unused root meaning to pile together; a lump of clay.

cleave fast together? 1692

{1692} Prime
דָּבַק
dabaq
{daw-bak'}

A primitive root; properly to impinge, that is, cling or adhere; figuratively to catch by pursuit.

z8792

<8792> Grammar

Stem - Pual (See H8849)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 93

See commentary on Job 38:19-38.

Job 38:38

_ _ groweth, etc. — rather, pour itself into a mass by the rain, like molten metal; then translate Job 38:38, “Who is it that empties,” etc., “when,” etc.? The English Version, however, is tenable: “Is caked into a mass” by heat, like molten metal, before the rain falls; “Who is it that can empty the rain vessels, and bring down rain at such a time?” (Job 38:38).