Job 38:30

when the waters become hard ¹  like stone, when the surface of the deep is frozen solid?

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

"Water becomes hard like stone, And the surface of the deep is imprisoned.

For the water turns to ice as hard as rock, and the surface of the water freezes.

You don't for a minute imagine these marvels of weather just happen, do you?

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

The waters become hard like stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.

The waters harden like stone, And the surface of the deep is frozen.

when the waters become hard ¹  like stone, when the surface of the deep is frozen solid?

¹ tn Several suggest that the verb is not from חָבָא (khava’, “to hide”) but from a homonym, “to congeal.” This may be too difficult to support, however.