Job 38:9
When I made the cloud its robe, and put thick clouds as bands round it,
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,
In Context
8Or where were you when the sea came to birth, pushing out from its secret place;
10Ordering a fixed limit for it, with locks and doors;
Cross References
Genesis 1:2And the earth was waste and without form; and it was dark on the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God was moving on the face of the waters.
Matthew Henry on Job 38:5-12
The Creation of the World. ( b. c. 1520.) 4 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. 5 Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? 6 Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof; 7 When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy? 8 Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb? 9 When I made the… Read the whole commentary →