Job 41:32

Modern

He leaves a glistening wake behind him; one would think the deep had white hair!

Traditional

He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary.

Literal

Behind him he makes a path shine; one would think the deep were white-haired.

Latin

Post eum lucebit semita: æstimabit abyssum quasi senescentem.

Hebrew

English

He leaves a glistening wake behind him; one would think the deep had white hair!

Theme notes and profiles

Genesis 15:15
You, however, will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a ripe old age.
Job 38:16
Have you journeyed to the vents of the sea or walked in the trenches of the deep?
Proverbs 16:31
Gray hair is a crown of glory; it is attained along the path of righteousness.
Proverbs 20:29
The glory of young men is their strength, and gray hair is the splendor of the old.
Job 38:30
…when the waters become hard as stone and the surface of the deep is frozen?
Genesis 25:8
And at a ripe old age he breathed his last and died, old and contented, and was gathered to his people.
Genesis 42:38
But Jacob replied, “My son will not go down there with you, for his brother is dead, and he alone is left. If any harm comes to him on your journey, you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow.”
Job 28:14
The ocean depths say, ‘It is not in me,’ while the sea declares, ‘It is not with me.’
Genesis 1:2
Now the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.
Genesis 1:15
And let them serve as lights in the expanse of the sky to shine upon the earth.” And it was so.