Job 26:9
He encloses the face of his throne, and spreads his cloud on it.
World English Bible Classic
In The King James Version
He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it.
In Context
8He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not burst under them.
10He has described a boundary on the surface of the waters, and to the confines of light and darkness.
Cross References
Exodus 33:20He said, “You cannot see my face, for man may not see me and live.”
1 Kings 8:12Then Solomon said, “The LORD has said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
Psalms 97:2Clouds and darkness are around him. Righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.
1 Timothy 6:16He alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen nor can see, to whom be honor and eternal power. 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 →