Job 38:9

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

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  • 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.

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

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

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

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

  • Ps 18:11-12
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    11 He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him [were] dark waters [and] thick clouds of the skies.

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

  • Job 26:8-10
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    8 He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.

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

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

  • Prov 8:27-29
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    27 When he prepared the heavens, I [was] there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Job 38:37-38
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    37 Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,

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

  • Job 22:13-14
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    13 And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?

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

  • Job 37:15-18
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    15 Dost thou know when God disposed them, and caused the light of his cloud to shine?

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

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

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

  • Job 36:29-30
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    29 Also can [any] understand the spreadings of the clouds, [or] the noise of his tabernacle?

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

  • Ezek 32:7-8
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    7 And 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.

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

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

  • Job 38:24-25
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    24 By 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;

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

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

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

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

  • Ps 139:11-12
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    11 If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Job 29:3-4
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    3 When his candle shined upon my head, [and when] by his light I walked [through] darkness;

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

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

  • 16 When 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.