Job 26:9
He withholdeth the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud over it.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it.
In Context
8He bindeth up the waters in his clouds, so that they break not out and fall down together.
10He hath set bounds about the waters, till light and darkness come to an end.
Cross References
Exodus 33:20And again he said: Thou canst not see my face: for man shall not see me and live.
1 Kings 8:12Then Solomon said: The Lord said that he would dwell in a cloud.
Psalms 97:2Clouds and darkness are round about him: justice and judgment are the establishment of his throne.
1 Timothy 6:16Who only hath immortality, and inhabiteth light inaccessible, whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and empire everlasting. 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 →