Job 38:9 — Bible Verse (KJV)

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

Job 38:9 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Job 38:9 in 6 Bible Translations

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Job 38:9 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“when I made clouds its garment, and wrapped it in thick darkness,”

Job 38:9 — World English Bible

Job 38:9 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

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

Job 38:9 — American Standard Version

Job 38:9 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“In My making a cloud its clothing, And thick darkness its swaddling band,”

Job 38:9 — Young's Literal Translation

Job 38:9 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“When I made the cloud its garment, and thick darkness a swaddling band for it; ”

Job 38:9 — Darby Translation

Job 38:9 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“When I made the cloudes as a couering thereof, and darkenesse as the swadeling bands thereof:”

Job 38:9 — Geneva Bible

Job 38:9 in Context — Job 38

7 When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

8 Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?

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

10 And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,

11 And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?

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What Does Job 38:9 Mean?

Job 38:9 is a verse from the Book of Job, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Job chapter 38. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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