Job 26:9

Bishops' Bible (1568)

He holdeth backe the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloude before it.

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  • Ps 97:2 : 2 Cloudes and thicke darknesse are rounde about hym: iustice and iudgement are the habitation of his throne.
  • Hab 3:3-5 : 3 God commeth from Theman, and the holy one from mount Paran, Selah. his glorie couereth the heauens, and the earth is full of his prayse. 4 And his brightnesse was as the light: he had hornes comming out of his handes, and there was the hyding of his power. 5 Before him went the pestilence, and burning coales went foorth before his feete.
  • 1 Tim 6:16 : 16 Who only hath immortalitie, dwelling in the light that no man can attayne vnto, Whom no man hath seene, neither can see, vnto whom be honour & power euerlastyng. Amen.
  • Exod 20:21 : 21 And the people stoode a farre of: and Moyses went into the thicke cloude where God was.
  • Exod 33:20-23 : 20 And he said furthermore, Thou mayest not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and lyue. 21 And the Lorde sayd: Beholde, there is a place by me, and thou shalt stande vpon a rocke. 22 And whyle my glory goeth foorth, I wyll put thee in a clyft of the rocke, and will put my hand vpon thee, while I passe by. 23 And I wyll take away myne hande, and thou shalt see my backe partes: but my face shall not be seene.
  • Exod 34:3 : 3 There shall no man come vp with thee, neither let any man be seene thorowout al the mount, neither let sheepe nor oxen feede before the hyll.
  • 1 Kgs 8:12 : 12 Then spake Solomon: The Lorde saide that he would dwell in the darke cloude.
  • Job 22:14 : 14 Tushe, the cloudes couer him that he may not see, and he walketh on the top of heauen.

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  • Job 26:7-8
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    7 He stretcheth out the noorth ouer the emptie place, and hangeth the earth vpon nothing.

    8 He byndeth the water in his cloudes, & the cloude is not broken vnder them.

  • 32 With the cloudes he hydeth the light, and at his commaundement it breaketh out:

  • 12 He made darknes a tabernacle rounde about him: with waters gathered together in thicke cloudes.

  • Job 22:13-14
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    13 Wilt thou therfore say, Tushe, howe should God know? can he iudge through the darke cloude?

    14 Tushe, the cloudes couer him that he may not see, and he walketh on the top of heauen.

  • Ps 18:11-12
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    11 For his secrete place he dyd put darkenesse: and for his pauilion rounde about hym, he dyd put darknesse of waters in cloudes of the ayre.

    12 His cloudes, haylestones, and coles of fire: fell downe before hym after lyghtnyng.

  • Job 26:10-14
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    10 He hath compassed the waters with certayne boundes, vntill the day and night come to an ende.

    11 The very pillers of heauen tremble and quake at his reproofe.

    12 He stilleth the sea with his power, and through his wysdome smyteth he the strength therof.

    13 His spirite hath garnished the heauens, & his hand hath made the crooked serpent.

    14 Lo, this is now a short summe of his wayes: but howe litle a portion heare we of hym? who can vnderstande the thunder of his power?

  • Job 37:11-12
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    11 He maketh the cloudes to labour in geuing moystnesse, and againe with his light he dryueth away the cloude.

    12 He turneth the heauens about by his gouernement, that they may do whatsoeuer he commaundeth them vpon the whole worlde.

  • Job 36:27-30
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    27 Sometime he restrayneth the rayne, and againe he sendeth rayne by his cloudes:

    28 Which rayne the cloudes do droppe, and let fall aboundantly vpon men.

    29 Who can consider the spreadinges out of his cloudes, the coueringes of his tabernacle?

    30 Behold, he doth stretch his light vpon it, and couereth the bottome of the sea.

  • 2 Cloudes and thicke darknesse are rounde about hym: iustice and iudgement are the habitation of his throne.

  • 9 When I made the cloudes to be a covering for it, and swadled it with the darke:

  • Ps 104:2-3
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    2 Who is decked with light as it were with a garment: spreadyng out the heauens like a curtayne.

    3 Who seeleth his vpper chaumbers with waters: and maketh the cloudes his charriot, and walketh vpon the wynges of the wynde.

  • 34 Moreouer, canst thou lift vp thy voyce to the cloudes, that they may powre downe a great rayne vpon thee?

  • 9 He bowed the heauens also, and he came downe: and it was darke vnder his feete.

  • Job 9:7-8
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    7 He commaundeth the sunne, and it ryseth not: he closeth vp the starres as vnder a signet.

    8 He hym selfe alone spreadeth out the heauens, and goeth vpon the waues of the sea.

  • 10 And he bowed heauen & came downe: and there was darkenesse vnder his feete.

  • 11 He bindeth the fluddes that they do not ouerflow: and the thing that is hid bringeth he to light.

  • 13 At his voyce the waters gathered together in the ayre, he draweth vp the cloudes from the vttermost partes of the earth, he turneth lightning to raine, and bringeth foorth the windes out of their treasures.

  • 16 Assoone as he letteth his voyce be hearde, the waters in the ayre waxe fierce: he draweth vp the cloudes from the endes of the earth, he turneth the lightnynges to rayne, he bryngeth the wyndes out of their secrete places.

  • Job 37:3-6
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    3 He directeth it vnder the whole heauen, and his light vnto the endes of the worlde.

    4 A roring voyce foloweth it: for his glorious maiestie geueth a thuder clappe, & he will not stay whe his voyce is heard.

    5 God thundreth marueylously with his voyce, great thinges doth he which we can not comprehend.

    6 He commaundeth the snow, and it falleth vpon earth: he geueth the rayne a charge, and the showres haue their strength and fall downe.

  • 11 Shouldest thou then see no darknesse? shoulde not the water fludde run ouer thee?

  • 7 He causeth cloudes to ascende from the lowest part of the earth: he maketh it to lighten when it rayneth, he bringeth wyndes out of his treasure houses.

  • 6 He buyldeth his spheres in the heauen, & hath layde the foundation of his globe of elementes on the earth: he calleth the waters of the sea, and poureth them out vpon the open earth, the Lorde is his name.

  • 28 When he hanged the cloudes aboue, when he fastened the springes of the deepe:

  • Job 28:25-26
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    25 When he wayed the windes and measured the waters:

    26 When he made a decree for the rayne, and a way for the lightninges of the thunder:

  • 15 Beholde, if he withholde the waters, they drye vp: yf he let them go, they destroy the earth.

  • 18 Hast thou helped him to spreade out the heauens which are strong and bright as a loking glasse?

  • 44 Thou hast hid thy selfe in a cloude, that our prayer should not go through.

  • Job 37:21-22
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    21 For men see not the light that shineth in the cloudes: but the winde passeth and cleanseth them.

    22 The faire weather commeth out of the north, the prayse thereof is to God who is terrible.

  • Job 37:15-16
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    15 Didst thou know when God disposed them? & caused the light of his cloudes to shine?

    16 Hast thou knowen the varietie of the cloudes, and the wonderous workes of him which is perfect in knowledge?

  • 6 Though he be magnified vp to the heauen, so that his head reacheth vnto the cloudes:

  • 8 Who couereth the heauen with cloudes: who prepareth rayne for the earth, who maketh grasse to growe vppon the mountaynes.