Job 38:9

Authorized King James Version (1611)

When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 1:2 : 2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness [was] upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Isa 50:3
    80%

    3I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.

  • Job 38:10
    80%

    10And brake up for it my decreed [place], and set bars and doors,

  • Job 38:8
    79%

    8Or [who] shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, [as if] it had issued out of the womb?

  • 2 Sam 22:12
    79%

    12And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, [and] thick clouds of the skies.

  • Ps 18:11-12
    2 verses
    78%

    11He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him [were] dark waters [and] thick clouds of the skies.

    12At the brightness [that was] before him his thick clouds passed, hail [stones] and coals of fire.

  • Job 26:8-10
    3 verses
    75%

    8He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.

    9He holdeth back the face of his throne, [and] spreadeth his cloud upon it.

    10He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.

  • Prov 8:27-29
    3 verses
    75%

    27When he prepared the heavens, I [was] there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:

    28When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep:

    29When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:

  • Ps 104:2-3
    2 verses
    75%

    2Who coverest [thyself] with light as [with] a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:

    3Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind:

  • Job 37:11
    74%

    11Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud:

  • Job 36:32
    74%

    32With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it [not to shine] by [the cloud] that cometh betwixt.

  • Job 38:34
    74%

    34Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?

  • Job 38:37-38
    2 verses
    73%

    37Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,

    38When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together?

  • Job 22:13-14
    2 verses
    73%

    13And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?

    14Thick clouds [are] a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.

  • Job 37:15-18
    4 verses
    73%

    15Dost thou know when God disposed them, and caused the light of his cloud to shine?

    16Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him which is perfect in knowledge?

    17How thy garments [are] warm, when he quieteth the earth by the south [wind]?

    18Hast thou with him spread out the sky, [which is] strong, [and] as a molten looking glass?

  • Job 36:29-30
    2 verses
    72%

    29Also can [any] understand the spreadings of the clouds, [or] the noise of his tabernacle?

    30Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of the sea.

  • Ezek 32:7-8
    2 verses
    72%

    7And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.

    8All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord GOD.

  • Job 38:19
    72%

    19Where [is] the way [where] light dwelleth? and [as for] darkness, where [is] the place thereof,

  • Job 38:24-25
    2 verses
    72%

    24By what way is the light parted, [which] scattereth the east wind upon the earth?

    25¶ Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;

  • Job 28:26
    72%

    26When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder:

  • Job 22:11
    71%

    11Or darkness, [that] thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.

  • Ps 18:9
    71%

    9He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness [was] under his feet.

  • Job 38:4
    71%

    4¶ Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.

  • Ps 139:11-12
    2 verses
    71%

    11If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.

    12Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light [are] both alike [to thee].

  • Gen 9:14
    71%

    14And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud:

  • Job 38:29-30
    2 verses
    71%

    29Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?

    30The waters are hid as [with] a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.

  • Job 38:2
    71%

    2Who [is] this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?

  • Job 38:14
    71%

    14It is turned as clay [to] the seal; and they stand as a garment.

  • Job 9:8
    71%

    8Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea.

  • Job 19:8
    71%

    8¶ He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.

  • Ps 104:6
    71%

    6Thou coveredst it with the deep as [with] a garment: the waters stood above the mountains.

  • Job 29:3-4
    2 verses
    70%

    3When his candle shined upon my head, [and when] by his light I walked [through] darkness;

    4As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God [was] upon my tabernacle;

  • 2 Sam 22:10
    70%

    10He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness [was] under his feet.

  • Jer 51:16
    69%

    16When he uttereth [his] voice, [there is] a multitude of waters in the heavens; and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth: he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.