Job 26:9

Geneva Bible (1560)

He holdeth backe the face of his throne: and spreadeth his cloude vpon it.

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  • Ps 97:2 : 2 Cloudes and darkenes are round about him: righteousnesse and iudgement are the foundation of his throne.
  • Hab 3:3-5 : 3 God commeth from Teman, & the holy one from mount Paran, Selah. His glory couereth the heauens, & the earth is full of his prayse, 4 And his brightnes was as the light: he had hornes coming out of his hands, and there was the hiding of his power. 5 Before him went the pestilence, and burning coales went forth before his feete.
  • 1 Tim 6:16 : 16 Who onely hath immortalitie, and dwelleth in the light that none can attaine vnto, whom neuer man sawe, neither can see, vnto whome bee honour and power euerlasting, Amen.
  • Exod 20:21 : 21 So the people stoode afarre off, but Moses drew neere vnto the darkenes where God was.
  • Exod 33:20-23 : 20 Furthermore he sayde, Thou canst not see my face, for there shall no man see me, and liue. 21 Also the Lord sayd, Behold, there is a place by me, and thou shalt stand vpon the rocke: 22 And while my glory passeth by, I will put thee in a cleft of the rocke, and will couer thee with mine hand whiles I passe by. 23 After I will take away mine hande, & thou shalt see my backe parts: but my face shal not be seene.
  • Exod 34:3 : 3 But let no man come vp with thee, neither let any man be seene throughout all the mount, neyther let the sheepe nor cattell feede before this mount.
  • 1 Kgs 8:12 : 12 Then spake Salomon, The Lord said, that he woulde dwell in the darke cloude.
  • Job 22:14 : 14 The cloudes hide him that he can not see, and he walketh in the circle of heauen.

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    7 He stretcheth out the North ouer the emptie place, & hangeth the earth vpon nothing.

    8 He bindeth the waters in his cloudes, and the cloude is not broken vnder them.

  • 32 He couereth the light with the clouds, and commandeth them to go against it.

  • 12 And hee made darkenesse a Tabernacle round about him, euen the gatherings of waters, and the cloudes of the ayre.

  • Job 22:13-14
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    13 But thou sayest, How should God know? can he iudge through the darke cloude?

    14 The cloudes hide him that he can not see, and he walketh in the circle of heauen.

  • Ps 18:11-12
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    11 He made darkenes his secrete place, and his pauilion round about him, euen darkenesse of waters, and cloudes of the ayre.

    12 At the brightnes of his presence his clouds passed, haylestones and coles of fire.

  • Job 26:10-14
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    10 He hath set bounds about the waters, vntil the day and night come to an ende.

    11 The pillars of heauen tremble and quake at his reproofe.

    12 The sea is calme by his power, and by his vnderstanding he smiteth the pride thereof.

    13 His Spirite hath garnished the heauens, & his hand hath formed the crooked serpent.

    14 Loe, these are part of his wayes: but how litle a portion heare we of him? and who can vnderstand his fearefull power?

  • Job 37:11-12
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    11 He maketh also the cloudes to labour, to water the earth, and scattereth the cloude of his light.

    12 And it is turned about by his gouernment, that they may doe whatsoeuer he commandeth them vpon the whole worlde:

  • Job 36:27-30
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    27 When he restraineth the droppes of water, the rayne powreth down by the vapour thereof,

    28 Which raine the cloudes do droppe and let fall abundantly vpon man.

    29 Who can know the diuisions of ye clouds and the thunders of his tabernacle?

    30 Beholde, he spreadeth his light vpon it, and couereth the bottome of the sea.

  • 2 Cloudes and darkenes are round about him: righteousnesse and iudgement are the foundation of his throne.

  • 9 When I made the cloudes as a couering thereof, and darkenesse as the swadeling bands thereof:

  • Ps 104:2-3
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    2 Which couereth himselfe with light as with a garment, and spreadeth the heauens like a curtaine.

    3 Which layeth the beames of his chambers in the waters, and maketh the cloudes his chariot, and walketh vpon the wings of the winde.

  • 34 Canst thou lift vp thy voice to the cloudes that the aboundance of water may couer thee?

  • 9 He bowed the heauens also & came downe, and darkenes was vnder his feete.

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    7 He commandeth the sunne, & it riseth not: hee closeth vp the starres, as vnder a signet.

    8 Hee himselfe alone spreadeth out the heauens, and walketh vpon the height of the sea.

  • 10 He bowed the heauens also, and came downe, and darkenes was vnder his feete.

  • 11 He bindeth the floods, that they doe not ouerflowe, and the thing that is hid, bringeth he to light.

  • 13 Hee giueth by his voyce the multitude of waters in the heauen, and he causeth the cloudes to ascend from the endes of the earth: he turneth lightnings to rayne, and bringeth forth the winde out of his treasures.

  • 16 Hee giueth by his voyce the multitude of waters in the heauen, and he causeth the cloudes to ascend from the endes of the earth: he turneth lightnings to raine, and bringeth forth the winde out of his treasures.

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    3 He directeth it vnder the whole heauen, and his light vnto the endes of the world.

    4 After it a noyse soundeth: hee thundereth with the voyce of his maiestie, and hee will not stay them when his voyce is heard.

    5 God thundereth marueilously with his voyce: he worketh great things, which we know not.

    6 For he sayth to the snowe, Be thou vpon the earth: likewise to the small rayne and to the great rayne of his power.

  • 11 Or darkenes that thou shouldest not see, & abundance of waters shal couer thee.

  • 7 He bringeth vp the cloudes fro the ends of the earth, & maketh the lightnings with ye raine: he draweth foorth the winde out of his treasures.

  • 6 He buildeth his spheres in the heauen, and hath layde the foundation of his globe of elementes in the earth: hee calleth the waters of the sea, and powreth them out vpon the open earth: the Lorde is his Name.

  • 28 When he established the cloudes aboue, when he confirmed the fountaines of the deepe,

  • Job 28:25-26
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    25 To make the weight of the windes, and to weigh the waters by measure.

    26 When he made a decree for the rayne, and a way for the lightening of the thunders,

  • 15 Beholde, he withholdeth the waters, and they drie vp: but when he sendeth them out, they destroy the earth.

  • 18 Hast thou stretched out the heaues, which are strong, and as a molten glasse?

  • 44 Thou hast couered thy selfe with a cloude, that our prayer should not passe through.

  • Job 37:21-22
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    21 And nowe men see not the light, which shineth in the cloudes, but the winde passeth and clenseth them.

    22 The brightnesse commeth out of the North: the praise thereof is to God, which is terrible.

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    15 Diddest thou knowe when God disposed them? & caused the light of his cloud to shine?

    16 Hast thou knowen the varietie of the cloude, and the wonderous workes of him, that is perfite in knowledge?

  • 6 Though his excellencie mount vp to the heauen, and his head reache vnto the cloudes,

  • 8 Which couereth the heauen with cloudes, and prepareth raine for the earth, and maketh the grasse to growe vpon the mountaines: