Job 26:9
Taking hold of the face of the throne, || Spreading His cloud over it.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it.
In Context
8Binding up the waters in His thick clouds, || And the cloud is not burst under them.
10He has placed a limit on the waters, || To the boundary of light with darkness.
Cross References
Exodus 33:20He also says, “You are unable to see My face, for man does not see Me and live”;
1 Kings 8:12Then Solomon said, “YHWH has said [He is] to dwell in thick darkness;
Psalms 97:2Cloud and darkness [are] around Him, || Righteousness and judgment the basis of His throne.
1 Timothy 6:16having immortality alone, dwelling in unapproachable light, whom no one of men saw, nor is able to see, to whom [is] honor and perpetual might! 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 →