Job 26:9
Good News Translation
He hides the full moon behind a cloud.

New Revised Standard Version
He covers the face of the full moon, and spreads over it his cloud.

Contemporary English Version
and he wraps them around the face of the moon.

New American Bible
He holds back the appearance of the full moon by spreading his clouds before it.

Douay-Rheims Bible
He withholdeth the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud over it.

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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.…
Cross References
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.

Job 26:8
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