Job 26:9
He encloses the face of his throne, and spreads his cloud upon it.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it.
In Context
8He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not rent under them.
10He has described a boundary upon the face of the waters, to the confines of light and darkness.
Cross References
Exodus 33:20And he said, Thou cannot see my face, for man shall not see me and live.
1 Kings 8:12Then Solomon spoke, LORD has said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
Psalms 97:2Clouds and darkness are round about him. Righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.
1 Timothy 6:16who alone has immortality, dwelling in irreproachable light, whom no man has seen, nor can see, to whom is honor and eternal dominion. Truly.
Matthew Henry on Job 26:6-14
The Wisdom and Power of God. ( b. c. 1520.) 5 Dead things are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof. 6 Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering. 7 He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing. 8 He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them. 9 He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it. 10 He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end. 11… Read the whole commentary →