Job 38:9
“When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thicke darknesse a swadling band for it,”
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Job 38:9 Context
7When the morning starres sang together, and all the sonnes of God shouted for ioy. 8Or who shut vp the sea with doores, when it brake foorth as if it had issued out of the wombe? 9When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thicke darknesse a swadling band for it, 10And brake vp for it my decreed place, and set barres and doores, 11And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and heere shall thy proud waues be stayed.
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Other Translations for Job 38:9
When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,
- King James Version
When I made a cloud its garment And thick darkness its swaddling band,
- New American Standard Version (1995)
When I made clouds the garment thereof, And thick darkness a swaddling-band for it,
- American Standard Version (1901)
When I made the cloud its robe, and put thick clouds as bands round it,
- Basic English Bible
When I made the cloud its garment, and thick darkness a swaddling band for it;
- Darby Bible
When I made a cloud its garment, and thick darkness a swaddling band for it,
- Webster's Bible
when I made clouds its garment, and wrapped it in thick darkness,
- World English Bible
In My making a cloud its clothing, And thick darkness its swaddling band,
- Youngs Literal Bible
When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Job 38:9
38:9 The cloud - When I covered it with vapours and clouds which rise out of the sea, and hover above it, and cover it like a garment. Darkness - Black and dark clouds. Swaddling band - Having compared the sea to a new - born infant, he continues the metaphor, and makes the clouds as swaddling - bands, to keep it within its bounds: though indeed neither clouds, nor air, nor sands, nor shores, can bound the sea, but God alone.