Job 38:9
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When I made a cloud the garment thereof, and wrapped it in a mist as in swaddling bands?

thick

Genesis 1:2 And the earth was void and empty, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God moved over the waters.

Context
God Challenges Job
8Who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke forth as issuing out of the womb: 9When I made a cloud the garment thereof, and wrapped it in a mist as in swaddling bands?10I set my bounds around it, and made it bars and doors:…
Cross References
Genesis 1:2
And the earth was void and empty, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God moved over the waters.

Job 38:8
Who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke forth as issuing out of the womb:

Job 38:10
I set my bounds around it, and made it bars and doors:

Proverbs 30:4
Who hath ascended up into heaven, and descended? who hath held the wind in his hands? who hath bound up the waters together as in a garment? who hath raised up all the borders of the earth? what is his name, and what is the name of his son, if thou knowest?

Lexicon
when I made
בְּשׂוּמִ֣י (bə·śū·mî)
Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 7760: Put -- to put, place, set

the clouds
עָנָ֣ן (‘ā·nān)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6051: A cloud, the nimbus, thunder-cloud

its garment
לְבֻשׁ֑וֹ (lə·ḇu·šōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3830: A garment, clothing, raiment

and thick darkness
וַ֝עֲרָפֶ֗ל (wa·‘ă·rā·p̄el)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6205: Cloud, heavy cloud

its blanket,
חֲתֻלָּתֽוֹ׃ (ḥă·ṯul·lā·ṯōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2854: A swathing cloth


Additional Translations
when I made the clouds its garment and thick darkness its blanket,When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddling cloth for it,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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