Job 36:30
See how He scatters His lightning around Him and covers the depths of the sea.
BSB
ASV
Behold, he spreadeth his light around him; And he covereth the bottom of the sea.
KJV
Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of the sea.
Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it,.... Upon his tabernacle; that is, upon the clouds, which are his tabernacle; either the light of the sun, whereby the clouds are dispersed and blotted out; an emblem of the blotting out of sin, or the forgiveness of it, Isa 44:22, which is like a clear shining after rain, 2Sa 23:4, or on a thin cloud, whereby the rainbow is formed, an emblem of peace and reconciliation by Christ; or lightning, which bursting out of the dark cloud is spread over it, when it seems to be all in flames.
There is a clear shining after rain, 2 Sam. xxiii. The sunbeams are darted forth, and reach to cover even the bottom of the sea, thence to exhale a fresh supply of vapours, and so raise recruits for the clouds,
God's garment is woven of celestial light and of the watery depths, raised to the sky to form His cloudy canopy. The phrase, "cover Himself with the roots of the sea," is harsh; but the image is grand.
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Genesis 1:9And God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered into one place, so that the dry land may appear.” And it was so.
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But they deliberately overlook the fact that long ago by God’s word the heavens existed and the earth was formed out of water and by water,
“I am a Hebrew,” replied Jonah. “I worship the LORD, the God of the heavens, who made the sea and the dry land.”
Do you not fear Me?” declares the LORD. “Do you not tremble before Me, the One who set the sand as the boundary for the sea, an enduring barrier it cannot cross? The waves…
The sea is His, for He made it, and His hands formed the dry land.
He piles up the waters of the sea; He puts the depths into storehouses.
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Exodus 14:28The waters flowed back and covered the chariots and horsemen—the entire army of Pharaoh that had chased the Israelites into the sea. Not one of them survived.
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He led them safely, so they did not fear, but the sea engulfed their enemies.
He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; He led them through the depths as through a desert.
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