Job 26:9
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He withholdeth the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud over it.

Job 22:14
The clouds are his covert, and he doth not consider our things, and he walketh about the poles of heaven.

Psalm 97:2
Clouds and darkness are round about him: justice and judgment are the establishment of his throne.

Psalm 105:39
He spread a cloud for their protection, and fire to give them light in the night.

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He withholdeth the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud over it.

Exodus 20:21 And the people stood afar off. But Moses went to the dark cloud wherein God was.

Exodus 33:20-23 And again he said: Thou canst not see my face: for man shall not see me, and live. . . .

Exodus 34:3 Let no man go up with thee, and let not any man be seen throughout all the mount; neither let the oxen nor the sheep feed over against it.

1 Kings 8:12 Then Solomon said: The Lord said that he would dwell in a cloud.

Psalm 97:2 Clouds and darkness are round about him: justice and judgment are the establishment of his throne.

Habakkuk 3:3-5 God will come from the south, and the holy one from mount Pharan: His glory covered the heavens, and the earth is full of his praise. . . .

1 Timothy 6:16 Who only hath immortality and inhabiteth light inaccessible: whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and empire everlasting. Amen.

Context
Job: Who Can Understand God's Majesty?
8He bindeth up the waters in his clouds, so that they break not out and fall down together. 9He withholdeth the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud over it.10He hath set bounds about the waters, till light and darkness come to an end.…
Lexicon
He covers
מְאַחֵ֥ז (mə·’a·ḥêz)
Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 270: To grasp, take hold, take possession

the face
פְּנֵי־ (pə·nê-)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 6440: The face

of the full moon,
כִסֵּ֑ה (ḵis·sêh)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3678: Seat of honor, throne

spreading
פַּרְשֵׁ֖ז (par·šêz)
Verb - Piel - Infinitive absolute
Strong's Hebrew 6576: To expand

His cloud
עֲנָנֽוֹ׃ (‘ă·nā·nōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6051: A cloud, the nimbus, thunder-cloud

over it.
עָלָ֣יו (‘ā·lāw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against


Additional Translations
He covers the face of the full moon, spreading His cloud over it.He holds back the face of his throne, and spreads his cloud on it.

He incloseth the face of his throne, And spreadeth his cloud upon it.

He keeps back the face of his throne, stretching out his cloud upon it.

He covereth the face of his throne, he spreadeth his cloud upon it.

He closeth in the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it.

He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it.

He encloses the face of his throne, and spreads his cloud on it.

Taking hold of the face of the throne, Spreading over it His cloud.
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