Job 38:9

In 11 translations

BSB

when I made the clouds its garment and thick darkness its blanket,

KJV

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

WEB

when I made clouds its garment, and wrapped it in thick darkness,

ASV

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

LSV

In My making a cloud its clothing, || And thick darkness its swaddling band,

YLT

In My making a cloud its clothing, And thick darkness its swaddling band,

DBY

When I made the cloud its garment, and thick darkness a swaddling band for it;

DRC

When I made a cloud the garment thereof, and wrapped it in a mist as in swaddling bands?

GNV

When I made the cloudes as a couering thereof, and darkenesse as the swadeling bands thereof:

JPS

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

LXXE

And I made a cloud its clothing, and swathed it in mist.

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Original-language editions

WLC

בְּשׂוּמִ֣י עָנָ֣ן לְבֻשׁ֑וֹ וַ֝עֲרָפֶ֗ל חֲתֻלָּתֽוֹ׃

LXX-Br

Ἐθέμην δὲ αὐτῇ νέφος ἀμφίασιν, ὁμίχλῃ δὲ αὐτὴν ἐσπαργάνωσα.

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• Genesis 1:2Now the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.

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