Job 38:9

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

when I made the storm clouds its garment, and thick darkness its swaddling band,

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 1:2 : 2 Now the earth was without shape and empty, and darkness was over the surface of the watery deep, but the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the water.

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    12He shrouded himself in darkness, in thick rain clouds.

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    11He loads the clouds with moisture; he scatters his lightning through the clouds.

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    37Who by wisdom can count the clouds, and who can tip over the water jars of heaven,

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    15Do you know how God commands them, how he makes lightning flash in his storm cloud?

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    19“In what direction does light reside, and darkness, where is its place,

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