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Job 26:9
9When the moon is big and round, he hides it. He causes clouds to cover it.
Job 26:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it.
- New International Version (NIV)He covers the face of the full moon, spreading his clouds over it.
- English Standard Version (ESV)He covers the face of the full moon and spreads over it his cloud.
- New King James Version (NKJV)He covers the face of His throne, And spreads His cloud over it.
Context of Job 26:9
7He puts the skies in their place in the north, so that they cover empty space. He hangs the earth in the skies and it stays there. 8He fills the clouds with water. They become heavy but they do not break. When the moon is big and round, he hides it. He causes clouds to cover it. 10He marks the border between the sea and the sky. It is the place where the night finishes and the day begins. 11When God is angry, he shouts at the pillars under the sky. When they hear his command, they shake with fear.
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מְאַחֵ֥ז פְּנֵי־כִסֵּ֑ה פַּרְשֵׁ֖ז עָלָ֣יו עֲנָנֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 26:9
- Exodus 20:21So the people stayed away from the mountain. But Moses walked towards the thick, dark cloud, where God was.
- Exodus 33:20But you will never see my face. Nobody can see my face and still be alive.’
- Exodus 34:3Nobody must come with you. Nobody must go anywhere on the mountain. Even your sheep and your cows must not eat grass near the bottom of the mountain.’
- 1 Kings 8:12Then Solomon prayed, ‘Lord, you have said that you live in a dark cloud.
- Psalms 97:2Dark clouds are all round the Lord. He rules with justice, and he is fair to everyone.
- Habakkuk 3:3God is coming from Teman! The Holy God is coming from Paran mountain. Selah. His beautiful power covers the whole sky! People praise him all over the earth!
- 1 Timothy 6:16God alone lives for ever. He lives in very bright light that nobody can come near. Nobody has ever seen God. Nobody is able to see him. So we praise him! He will rule for ever with great authority! Amen! This is true.
Commentaries on Job 26:9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9He holdeth back the face of his throne - Though all these are most elegant effects of an omniscient and almighty power, yet the great Agent is not personally discoverable; he dwelleth in light unapproachable, and in mercy hides himself from the view of his creatures. The words, however may refer to those obscurations of the face of heaven, and the hiding of the body of the sun, when the atmosphere is laden with dense vapours, and the rain begins to be…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9He holdeth back the face of his throne - That is, he does not exhibit it - he covers it with clouds. The idea seems to be, that God sometimes comes forth and manifests himself to mankind, but that he comes encompassed with clouds, so that his throne cannot be seen. So in Psalm 18:11, “He made darkness his secret place, his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.” God is often represented as encompassed with clouds, or as…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-14Verses 5-14 Many striking instances are here given of the wisdom and power of God, in the creation and preservation of the world. If we look about us, to the earth and waters here below, we see his almighty power. If we consider hell beneath, though out of our sight, yet we may conceive the discoveries of God's power there. If we look up to heaven above, we see displays of God's almighty power. By his Spirit, the eternal Spirit that moved upon the face of…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5-145-14. As before in the ninth and twelfth chapters, Job had shown himself not inferior to the friends' inability to describe God's greatness, so now he describes it as manifested in hell (the world of the dead), Job 26:5, 6; on earth, Job 26:7; in the sky, Job 26:8-11; the sea, Job 26:12; the heavens, Job 26:13. Dead things are formed--Rather, "The souls of the dead (Rephaim) tremble." Not only does God's power exist, as Bildad says (Job 25:2), "in high…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 26
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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