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Job 37:17–18

17 You who swelter in your clothes

when the land lies hushed under the south wind,i

18 can you join him in spreading out the skies,j

hard as a mirror of cast bronze?k

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Job 37:17–18 — English Standard Version (ESV)

17 you whose garments are hot

when the earth is still because of the south wind?

18 Can you, like him, spread out the skies,

hard as a cast metal mirror?

Job 37:17–18 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

17 How thy garments are warm,

When he quieteth the earth by the south wind?

18 Hast thou with him spread out the sky,

Which is strong, and as a molten looking glass?

Job 37:17–18 — New Living Translation (NLT)

17 When you are sweltering in your clothes

and the south wind dies down and everything is still,

18 he makes the skies reflect the heat like a bronze mirror.

Can you do that?

Job 37:17–18 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

17 Why are your garments hot,

When He quiets the earth by the south wind?

18 With Him, have you spread out the skies,

Strong as a cast metal mirror?

Job 37:17–18 — New Century Version (NCV)

17 You suffer in your clothes

when the land is silenced by the hot, south wind.

18 You cannot stretch out the sky like God

and make it look as hard as polished bronze.

Job 37:17–18 — American Standard Version (ASV)

17 How thy garments are warm,

When the earth is still by reason of the south wind?

18 Canst thou with him spread out the sky,

Which is strong as a molten mirror?

Job 37:17–18 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

17 How thy garments become warm when he quieteth the earth by the south wind? 18 Hast thou with him spread out the sky, firm, like a molten mirror?

Job 37:17–18 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

17 you whose clothes are hot and sweaty, 

when the earth is calm under a south wind? 

18 Can you stretch out the skies with him 

and make them as firm as a mirror made of metal? 

Job 37:17–18 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

17 You whose clothes get hot

when the south wind brings calm to the land,

18 can you help God spread out the skies

as hard as a cast metal mirror?

Job 37:17–18 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

17 you whose garments are hot

when the earth is still because of the south wind?

18 Can you, like him, spread out the skies,

hard as a molten mirror?

Job 37:17–18 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

17 You whose garments are hot,

when the earth is being still because of the south wind,

18 with him can you spread out the skies,

hard as a molten mirror?

Job 37:17–18 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

17 Even your clothes are too hot for you

when the land lies quiet under the south wind.

18 Can you help God spread out the skies?

They are as hard as a mirror

that’s made out of bronze.

Job 37:17–18 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

17 You whose garments are hot,

When the land is still because of the south wind?

18 “Can you, with Him, spread out the skies,

Strong as a molten mirror?


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