Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
you whose garments are hot, even though the land is cooled by a south wind?
New American Standard Bible
When the land is still because of the south wind?
King James Version
How thy garments are warm, when he quieteth the earth by the south wind?
Holman Bible
when the south wind brings calm to the land,
A Conservative Version
How thy garments are warm when the earth is still because of the south [wind]?
American Standard Version
How thy garments are warm, When the earth is still by reason of the south wind ?
Amplified
You whose garments are hot,
When He quiets the earth [in sultry summer] with the [oppressive] south wind?
Bible in Basic English
You, whose clothing is warm, when the earth is quiet because of the south wind,
Darby Translation
How thy garments become warm when he quieteth the earth by the south wind?
Julia Smith Translation
That thy garments are warm in quieting the earth from the south?
King James 2000
How your garments are warm, when he quiets the earth by the south wind?
Lexham Expanded Bible
[You] whose garments [are] hot, when [the] earth is being still because of [the] south wind,
Modern King James verseion
You whose clothes warm when He quiets the earth from the south wind?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And how thy clothes are warm, when the land is still through the South wind?
NET Bible
You, whose garments are hot when the earth is still because of the south wind,
New Heart English Bible
You whose clothing is warm, when the earth is still by reason of the south wind?
The Emphasized Bible
That thy garments should be hot when he quieteth the earth from the south?
Webster
How thy garments are warm, when he quieteth the earth by the south wind?
World English Bible
You whose clothing is warm, when the earth is still by reason of the south wind?
Youngs Literal Translation
How thy garments are warm, In the quieting of the earth from the south?
Interlinear
Beged
Shaqat
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 37:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
Elihu Extols God's Majesty
16 Do you understand his wondrous work of balancing the clouds, the one whose knowledge is perfect, 17 you whose garments are hot, even though the land is cooled by a south wind? 18 Can you spread out the skies like he does; can you cast them as one might a mirror?
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Job 6:17
But then the snow melts, and they disappear; when warmed, they evaporate from their stream beds.
Job 38:31
"Can you bind the chains of Pleiades or loosen the cords of Orion?
Psalm 147:18
He sends out his word and melts them. He makes his wind blow and the water flows.
Luke 12:55
When you see a south wind blowing, you say, "It's going to be hot,' and so it is.