Verse 9
Job 38:9
English Revised Version
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When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,
Original Language Text
hebrew
בְּ/שׂוּמִ֣/י עָנָ֣ן לְבֻשׁ֑/וֹ וַ֝/עֲרָפֶ֗ל חֲתֻלָּתֽ/וֹ
English Translation
In a cloud is his garment and a mist is his cloak.
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Chapter 38 Context
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Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
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Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
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Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
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Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
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Who determined the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who stretched the line upon it?
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Whereupon were the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;
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When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God (Elohim) shouted for joy?
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Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb;
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When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,
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And prescribed for it my decree, and set bars and doors,
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And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further; and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
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Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days began, and caused the dayspring to know its place;
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That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, and the wicked be shaken out of it?
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It is changed as clay under the seal; and all things stand forth as a garment:
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And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm is broken.
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Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the recesses of the deep?
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Have the gates of death been revealed unto thee? or hast thou seen the gates of the shadow of death?
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Hast thou comprehended the breadth of the earth? declare, if thou knowest it all.
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Where is the way to the dwelling of light, and as for darkness, where is the place thereof;
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That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest discern the paths to the h...
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Doubtless, thou knowest, for thou wast then born, and the number of thy days is great!
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Hast thou entered the treasuries of the snow, or hast thou seen the treasuries of the hail,
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Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?
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By what way is the light parted, or the east wind scattered upon the earth?
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Who hath cleft a channel for the waterflood, or a way for the lightning of the thunder;
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To cause it to rain on a land where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;
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To satisfy the waste and desolate ground; and to cause the tender grass to spring forth?
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Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
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Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?
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The waters are hidden as with stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.
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Canst thou bind the cluster of the Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?
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Canst thou lead forth the Mazzaroth in their season? or canst thou guide the Bear with her train?
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Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? canst thou establish the dominion thereof in the earth?
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Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?
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Canst thou send forth lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are?
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Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the mind?
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Who can number the clouds by wisdom? or who can pour out the bottles of heaven,
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When the dust runneth into a mass, and the clods cleave fast together?
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Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lioness? or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,
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When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?
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Who provideth for the raven his food, when his young ones cry unto God (Elohim), and wander for lack...
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