Job 38:9

KJV1611 – Modern English

When I made the cloud its garment, and thick darkness a swaddling band for it,

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  • Gen 1:2 : 2 And the earth was formless and empty, and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved over the surface of the waters.

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    8Or who closed up the sea with doors, when it burst forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?

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

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    11Also by watering he burdens the thick cloud, he scatters his bright cloud.

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    34Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, that an abundance of water may cover you?

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    37Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of heaven,

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    15Do you know when God arranged them, and caused the light of his cloud to shine?

    16Do you know the balancing of the clouds, the wondrous works of him who is perfect in knowledge?

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    19Where is the way to the dwelling of light? And as for darkness, where is its place,

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