Job 38:9
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
When I madeבְּשׂוּמִ֣י
(be·su·mi)
7760: to put, place, seta prim. root
a cloudעָנָ֣ן
(a·nan)
6051: a cloud mass, cloudfrom an unused word
its garmentלְבֻשֹׁ֑ו
(le·vu·shov;)
3830: a garment, clothing, raimentfrom labash
And thick darknessוַ֝עֲרָפֶ֗ל
(va·'a·ra·fel)
6205: cloud, heavy cloudfrom araph
its swaddling band,חֲתֻלָּתֹֽו׃
(cha·tul·la·tov.)
2854: swaddling bandfrom chathal


















KJV Lexicon
When I made
suwm  (soom)
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)wholly, work.
the cloud
`anan  (aw-nawn')
a cloud (as covering the sky), i.e. the nimbus or thunder-cloud -- cloud(-y).
the garment
lbuwsh  (leb-oosh')
a garment; by implication (euphem.) a wife -- apparel, clothed with, clothing, garment, raiment, vestment, vesture.
thereof and thick darkness
`araphel  (ar-aw-fel')
gloom (as of a lowering sky) -- (gross, thick) dark (cloud, -ness).
a swaddlingband
chathullah  (khath-ool-law')
a swathing cloth (figuratively) -- swaddling band.
for it
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
When I made a cloud its garment And thick darkness its swaddling band,

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
when I made the clouds its garment and thick darkness its blanket,

International Standard Version
when I made clouds to be its clothes and thick darkness its swaddling blanket,

NET Bible
when I made the storm clouds its garment, and thick darkness its swaddling band,

GOD'S WORD® Translation
when I clothed it with clouds and wrapped it up in dark clouds,

King James 2000 Bible
When I made the clouds its garment, and thick darkness its swaddling band,
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