Job 38:9

When I made the clouds its garment, and thick fog its swaddling-cloth,

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,

In Context

8And who closed up with doors the sea, when, issuing forth, it came out of the deep bosom of the earth?

10And when I decreed for it my law, and set [for it] bars and doors,

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Cross References

Genesis 1:2And the earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God was waving over 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 →

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