Job 38:14
It is changed like wet earth under a stamp, and is coloured like a robe;
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment.
In Context
13So that it might take a grip of the skirts of the earth, shaking all the evil-doers out of it?
15And from the evil-doers their light is kept back, and the arm of pride is broken.
Cross References
Psalms 104:6Covering it with the sea as with a robe: the waters were high over the mountains;
Matthew Henry on Job 38:13-25
Works of God. ( b. c. 1520.) 12 Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place; 13 That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it? 14 It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment. 15 And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken. 16 Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth? 17 Have the gates of death been opened unto thee?… Read the whole commentary →