Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
when I made clouds to be its clothes and thick darkness its swaddling blanket,
New American Standard Bible
And thick darkness its swaddling band,
King James Version
When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,
Holman Bible
and thick darkness its blanket,
A Conservative Version
when I made clouds the garment of it, and thick darkness a swaddling-band for it,
American Standard Version
When I made clouds the garment thereof, And thick darkness a swaddling-band for it,
Amplified
When I made the clouds its garment
And thick darkness its swaddling band,
Bible in Basic English
When I made the cloud its robe, and put thick clouds as bands round it,
Darby Translation
When I made the cloud its garment, and thick darkness a swaddling band for it;
Julia Smith Translation
In my making the cloud its garment, and darkness its bandage:
King James 2000
When I made the clouds its garment, and thick darkness its swaddling band,
Lexham Expanded Bible
at my making [the] clouds its garment and thick darkness its swaddling band,
Modern King James verseion
When I made the clouds its robe, and darkness its navel-band,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
When I made the clouds to be a covering for it, and swaddled it with the dark;
NET Bible
when I made the storm clouds its garment, and thick darkness its swaddling band,
New Heart English Bible
when I made clouds its garment, and wrapped it in thick darkness,
The Emphasized Bible
When I put a cloud as the garment thereof, and a thick cloud as the swaddling-band thereof;
Webster
When I made a cloud its garment, and thick darkness a swaddling band for it,
World English Bible
when I made clouds its garment, and wrapped it in thick darkness,
Youngs Literal Translation
In My making a cloud its clothing, And thick darkness its swaddling band,
Themes
Clouds » Are the garment of the sea
Darkness » Over the face of the earth
Darkness » Exhibits God's power and greatness
Darkness » Called the swaddling band of the sea
the Sea » Darkness the swaddling band of
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 38:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
Yahweh Interrogates Job
8 "Who enclosed the sea with limits when it gushed out of the womb, 9 when I made clouds to be its clothes and thick darkness its swaddling blanket, 10 when I proscribed a boundary for it, set in place bars and doors for it;
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Cross References
Genesis 1:2
When the earth was as yet unformed and desolate, with the surface of the ocean depths shrouded in darkness, and while the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters,