Job 38:9 BSB — MannaFest

Job 38:9

when I made the clouds its garment and thick darkness its blanket,

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ASV

When I made clouds the garment thereof, And thick darkness a swaddling-band for it,

KJV

When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,

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Commentary

1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

When I made the cloud the garment thereof - Referring to the garment in which the new-born infant is wrapped up. This image is one of great beauty. It is that of the vast ocean just coming into being, with a cloud resting upon it and covering it. Thick darkness envelopes it, and it is swathed in mists; compare Gen 1:2,” And darkness was upon the face of the deep.” The time here referred to is that before the light of the sun arose upon the earth, before the dry land appeared, and before annuals and people had been formed.

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Original language & word study

5 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
בְּשׂוּמִ֣י	be.su.Mi	when made I	H7760 →
עָנָ֣ן	'a.Nan	cloud[s]	H6051 →
לְבֻשׁ֑וֹ	le.vu.Sho	clothing its	H3830 →
וַ֝עֲרָפֶ֗ל	va.'a.ra.Fel	and thick darkness	H6205 →
חֲתֻלָּתֽוֹ׃	cha.tu.la.To	swaddling-band its	H2854 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Genesis 1:2
Now the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.
leads to
- Jeremiah 4:23
  I looked at the earth, and it was formless and void; I looked to the heavens, and they had no light.
- Psalms 104:30
  When You send Your Spirit, they are created, and You renew the face of the earth.
- Isaiah 45:18
  For thus says the LORD, who created the heavens—He is God; He formed the earth and fashioned it; He established it; He did not create it to be empty, but formed it to be…
- Psalms 33:6
  By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, and all the stars by the breath of His mouth.
- Job 26:7
  He stretches out the north over empty space; He hangs the earth upon nothing.

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02Original language & word study

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04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Job

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Job