Job 38:9

King James Version:

(The Lord speaking is red text)

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

Complete Jewish Bible:

when I made the clouds its blanket and dense fog its swaddling cloth,

Berean Standard Bible:

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

American Standard Version:

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

KJV with Strong’s Numbers:

When I made{H7760} the cloud{H6051} the garment{H3830} thereof, and thick darkness{H6205} a swaddlingband{H2854} for it,

Cross-References (KJV):

Genesis 1:2

  • And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness [was] upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

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Commentary for Job 38:9

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)

  1. Strong's Number: H7760
    There are 550 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: שׂוּם
    Transliteration: sûwm
    Pronunciation: soom
    Description: or שִׂים; a primitive root; to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically); [idiom] any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, [phrase] disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, [phrase] name, [idiom] on, ordain, order, [phrase] paint, place, preserve, purpose, put (on), [phrase] regard, rehearse, reward, (cause to) set (on, up), shew, [phrase] stedfastly, take, [idiom] tell, [phrase] tread down, (over-)turn, [idiom] wholly, work.
  2. Strong's Number: H6051
    There are 80 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: עָנָן
    Transliteration: ʻânân
    Pronunciation: aw-nawn'
    Description: from עָנַן; a cloud (as covering the sky), i.e. the nimbus or thunder-cloud; cloud(-y).
  3. Strong's Number: H3830
    There are 32 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: לְבוּשׁ
    Transliteration: lᵉbûwsh
    Pronunciation: leb-oosh'
    Description: or לְבֻשׁ; from לָבַשׁ; a garment (literally or figuratively); by implication (euphemistically) a wife; apparel, clothed with, clothing, garment, raiment, vestment, vesture.
  4. Strong's Number: H6205
    There are 15 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: עֲרָפֶל
    Transliteration: ʻărâphel
    Pronunciation: ar-aw-fel'
    Description: probably from עָרַף; gloom (as of a lowering sky); (gross, thick) dark (cloud, -ness).
  5. Strong's Number: H2854
    There are 1 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: חֲתֻלָּה
    Transliteration: chăthullâh
    Pronunciation: khath-ool-law'
    Description: from חָתַל; a swathing cloth (figuratively); swaddling band.