Job 38:9
when I made clouds its garment, and wrapped it in thick darkness,
World English Bible Classic
In The King James Version
When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,
In Context
8“Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke out of the womb,
10marked out for it my bound, set bars and doors,
Cross References
Genesis 1:2The earth was formless and empty. Darkness was on the surface of the deep and God’s Spirit was hovering over the surface 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 →