Job 38:14

The earth is changed like clay under a seal; its features stand out like a crumpled garment.

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In The King James Version

It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment.

In Context

13Have you ever told the dawn where to appear that it might take hold of the corners of the earth and shake the wicked out?

15The ‘light’ of the wicked is taken away from them; their acts of violence are stopped.

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Cross References

Psalms 104:6It was clothed with ocean depths—the waters even covered 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 →

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