Job 26:9

American Standard Version (1901)

He incloseth the face of his throne, And spreadeth his cloud upon it.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 97:2 : 2 Clouds and darkness are round about him: Righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.
  • Hab 3:3-5 : 3 God came from Teman, And the Holy One from mount Paran. {{Selah. His glory covered the heavens, And the earth was full of his praise. 4 And [his] brightness was as the light; He had rays [coming forth] from his hand; And there was the hiding of his power. 5 Before him went the pestilence, And fiery bolts went forth at his feet.
  • 1 Tim 6:16 : 16 who only hath immortality, dwelling in light unapproachable; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom [be] honor and power eternal. Amen.
  • Exod 20:21 : 21 And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.
  • Exod 33:20-23 : 20 And he said, Thou canst not see my face; for man shall not see me and live. 21 And Jehovah said, Behold, there is a place by me, and thou shalt stand upon the rock: 22 and it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a cleft of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand until I have passed by: 23 and I will take away my hand, and thou shalt see my back; but my face shall not be seen.
  • Exod 34:3 : 3 And no man shall come up with thee; neither let any man be seen throughout all the mount; neither let the flocks nor herds feed before that mount.
  • 1 Kgs 8:12 : 12 Then spake Solomon, Jehovah hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
  • Job 22:14 : 14 Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he seeth not; And he walketh on the vault of heaven.

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