Job 38:9
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 38:9 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 38:9 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it," Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 38:9 — KJV
“When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,”
— Job 38:9 (KJV)
Job 38:9 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 38:9
“And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies. dark...: Heb. binding of waters”
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“He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.”
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“And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness. midst: Heb. heart”
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“These words the LORD spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two tables of stone, and delivered them unto me.”
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“And he made a porch of pillars; the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth thereof thirty cubits: and the porch was before them: and the other pillars and the thick beam were before them. before them: or, according to them”
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