Job 38:9

thick darkness. Hebrew. 'araphel. See note on Job 3:6.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

When I made the cloud the garment thereof - Referring to the garment in which the new-born infant is wrapped up. This image is one of great beaut...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

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Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it, No JFB commentary on this verse.
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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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Here begins the third movement in the great drama, that which deals with the controversy between Jehovah and Job. Out of the midst of the whirlwind t...
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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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John Trapp Complete Commentary

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Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Marvellously, God Himself directly intervenes in this discussion so early in the history of man. The storm that had been brewing as Elihu spoke becom...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

When I covered it with vapours and clouds which arise out of the sea. and by God's appointment hover above it, and cover it like a garment. Thick da...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 38:1 . The whirlwind. Clouds and flames are the chariots of the Lord, in deigning to speak with men. When he spake to Elijah in Horeb, it was...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The cloud — When I covered it with vapours and clouds which rise out of the sea, and hover above it, and cover it like a garment. Darkness — Black...

⁹ When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,

Related Commentaries of Job 38:9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Job 38:9