Job 26:9
Taking hold of the face of the throne, Spreading over it His cloud.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it.
In Context
8Binding up the waters in His thick clouds, And the cloud is not rent under them.
10A limit He hath placed on the waters, Unto the boundary of light with darkness.
Cross References
Exodus 33:20He saith also, 'Thou art unable to see My face, for man doth not see Me, and live;'
1 Kings 8:12Then said Solomon, 'Jehovah hath said to dwell in thick darkness;
Psalms 97:2Cloud and darkness [are] round about Him, Righteousness and judgment the basis of His throne.
1 Timothy 6:16who only is having immortality, dwelling in light unapproachable, whom no one of men did see, nor is able to see, to whom [is] honour and might age-during! 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 →