God’s Word Translation
Job 26:9
9He covers his throne by spreading his cloud over 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
7“He stretches out his heavens over empty space. He hangs the earth on nothing whatsoever. 8He holds the water in his thick clouds, and the clouds don’t ⌞even⌟ split under its ⌞weight⌟. He covers his throne by spreading his cloud over it. 10He marks the horizon on the surface of the water at the boundary where light meets dark. 11The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished when he yells at them.
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מְאַחֵ֥ז פְּנֵי־כִסֵּ֑ה פַּרְשֵׁ֖ז עָלָ֣יו עֲנָנֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 26:9
- Exodus 20:21The people kept their distance while Moses went closer to the dark cloud where God was.
- Exodus 33:20But you can’t see my face, because no one may see me and live.”
- Exodus 34:3No one may come with you or even be seen anywhere on the mountain. Even the flocks and herds may not graze in front of this mountain.”
- 1 Kings 8:12Then Solomon said, “The Lord said he would live in a dark cloud.
- Psalms 97:2Clouds and darkness surround him. Righteousness and justice are the foundations of his throne.
- Habakkuk 3:3God comes from Teman. The Holy One comes from Mount Paran. Selah His splendor covers the heavens. His praise fills the earth.
- 1 Timothy 6:16He is the only one who cannot die. He lives in light that no one can come near. No one has seen him, nor can they see him. Honor and power belong to him forever! Amen.
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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