Job 26:9
He covers the face of the full moon, spreading over it His cloud.
BSB
ASV
He incloseth the face of his throne, And spreadeth his cloud upon it.
KJV
He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it.
He holdeth back the face of His Throne, and spreadeth His cloud upon it. [LITERAL INTERPRETATION] In the face there is wont to be shewn forth acquaintanceship. Thus 'the face of His Throne is held back,' in that by us in this life the gloriousness of His kingdom is not perceived, so great as it is had within; 'upon which the cloud' is rightly said 'to be stretched;' because that glory of the heavenly kingdom is not seen such as it is.
He holdeth back the face of his throne - That is, he does not exhibit it - he covers it with clouds. The idea seems to be, that God sometimes comes forth and manifests himself to mankind, but that he comes encompassed with clouds, so that his throne cannot be seen. So in Psa 18:11, “He made darkness his secret place, his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.” God is often represented as encompassed with clouds, or as accompanied with tempests.
"Sheol" comes from a Hebrew root--"ask," because it is insatiable (Pr 27:20); or "ask as a loan to be returned," implying Sheol is but a temporary abode, previous to the resurrection; so for English Version "formed," the Septuagint and Chaldee translate; shall be born, or born again, implying the dead are to be given back from Sheol and born again into a new state [MAGEE].
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
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1 Kings 8:12Then Solomon declared: “The LORD has said that He would dwell in the thick cloud.
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Clouds and darkness surround Him; righteousness and justice are His throne’s foundation.
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Then Solomon declared: “The LORD has said that He would dwell in the thick cloud;
And the LORD said to Moses: “Tell your brother Aaron not to enter freely into the Most Holy Place behind the veil in front of the mercy seat on the ark, or else he…
Truly You are a God who hides Himself, O God of Israel, the Savior.
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Psalms 97:2Clouds and darkness surround Him; righteousness and justice are His throne’s foundation.
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Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; loving devotion and faithfulness go before You.
The LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I will come to you in a dense cloud, so that the people will hear when I speak with you, and they will always put their trust in…
Wicked behavior is detestable to kings, for a throne is established through righteousness.
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Exodus 20:21And the people stood at a distance as Moses approached the thick darkness where God was.
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Then Solomon declared: “The LORD has said that He would dwell in the thick cloud.