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Job 38:9

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

KJV

cum ponerem nubem vestimentum ejus, et caligine illud quasi pannis infantiæ obvolverem ?

Vulgate

ἐθέμην δὲ αὐτῇ νέφος ἀμφίασιν, ὁμίχλῃ δὲ αὐτὴν ἐσπαργάνωσα·

LXX

When I made clouds the garment thereof, And thick darkness a swaddling-band for it,

ASV

בְּ/שׂוּמִ֣/י עָנָ֣ן לְבֻשׁ֑/וֹ וַ֝/עֲרָפֶ֗ל חֲתֻלָּתֽ/וֹ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

5 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

וֹ
v
pronoun · 1×
וֹ
v
verb · 33×
יָּ֥שֶׂם
yshm
verb · 581×
עֲרָפֶֽל
'rpl
noun · 15×
עָנָ֖ן
'nn
noun · 87×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Job 26:8 — He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.