Job 38:9
When I made the clouds its mantle, And thick darkness its swaddling-band;
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,
In Context
8And who shut up the sea with doors, When it burst forth as from the womb?
10When I appointed for it my bound, And fixed for it bars and doors;
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 →