Job 38:38
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When was the dust poured on the earth, and the clods fastened together?

groweth into hardness.

Context
God Challenges Job
37Who can declare the order of the heavens, or who can make the harmony of heaven to sleep? 38When was the dust poured on the earth, and the clods fastened together?39Wilt thou take the prey for the lioness, and satisfy the appetite of her whelps,…
Cross References
Job 38:37
Who can declare the order of the heavens, or who can make the harmony of heaven to sleep?

Job 38:39
Wilt thou take the prey for the lioness, and satisfy the appetite of her whelps,

Lexicon
when the dust
עָ֭פָר (‘ā·p̄ār)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6083: Dust, clay, earth, mud

hardens
בְּצֶ֣קֶת (bə·ṣe·qeṯ)
Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 3332: To pour out, to melt, cast as metal, to place firmly, to stiffen, grow hard

into a mass
לַמּוּצָ֑ק (lam·mū·ṣāq)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4165: Fusion, a casting, a mass

and the clods of earth
וּרְגָבִ֥ים (ū·rə·ḡā·ḇîm)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7263: A clod (of earth)

stick together?
יְדֻבָּֽקוּ׃ (yə·ḏub·bā·qū)
Verb - Pual - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1692: To impinge, cling, adhere, to catch by pursuit


Additional Translations
when the dust hardens into a mass and the clods of earth stick together?When the dust grows into hardness, and the clods stuck fast together?

When the dust runneth into a mass, And the clods cleave fast together?

For it is spread out as dusty earth, and I have cemented it as one hewn stone to another.

When the dust runneth as into a molten mass, and the clods cleave fast together?

When the dust runneth into a mass, and the clods cleave fast together?

When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together?

when the dust runs into a mass, and the clods of earth stick together?

In the hardening of dust into hardness, And clods cleave together?
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