Job 26:9
He holds back the face of his throne, and he stretches his cloud over it.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it.
In Context
8He secures the waters in his clouds, so that they do not burst forth downward all at once.
10He has set limits around the waters, until light and darkness shall reach their limit.
Cross References
Exodus 33:20And again he said: “You are not able to see my face. For man shall not see me and live.”
1 Kings 8:12Then Solomon said: “The Lord has said that he would dwell in a cloud.
Psalms 97:2The Lord has made known his salvation. He has revealed his justice in the sight of the nations.
1 Timothy 6:16who alone holds immortality, and who inhabits the inaccessible light, whom no man has seen, nor even is able to see, to whom is honor and everlasting dominion. Amen.
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 →