Job 26:9
Old Testament • 6 words with Strong's data
"He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it."
Word-by-Word Analysis
תָּמַךְ
tâmak
to sustain; by implication, to obtain, keep fast; figuratively, to help, follow close
שׁוּב
shûwb
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); ...
פָּנִים
pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...
כִּסֵּא
kiççêʼ
properly, covered, i.e. a throne (as canopied)
עָנָן
ʻânân
a cloud (as covering the sky), i.e. the nimbus or thunder-cloud
Key Terms in This Verse
תָּמַךְ tâmak
to sustain; by implication, to obtain, keep fast; figuratively, to help, follow close
Study H8551 →עָנָן ʻânân
a cloud (as covering the sky), i.e. the nimbus or thunder-cloud
Study H6051 →שׁוּב shûwb
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again
Study H7725 →פָּנִים pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
Study H6440 →Cross References
Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.
Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.
And no man shall come up with thee, neither let any man be seen throughout all the mount; neither let the flocks nor herds feed before that mount.
Then spake Solomon, The LORD said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.
Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.
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