Job 38:9
In My making a cloud its clothing, || And thick darkness its swaddling band,
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,
In Context
8And He shuts up the sea with doors, || In its coming forth, it goes out from the womb.
10And I measure My statute over it, || And place bar and doors,
Cross References
Genesis 1:2and the earth was formless and void, and darkness [was] on the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God [was] fluttering on 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 →