Job 38:14
The earth takes shape like clay under a seal; its hills stand out like the folds of a garment.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment.
In Context
13that it might spread to the ends of the earth and shake the wicked out of it?
15Light is withheld from the wicked, and their upraised arm is broken.
Cross References
Psalms 104:6You covered it with the deep like a garment; the waters stood above 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 →