The Meaning of Job 26:9 Explained

Job 26:9

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

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

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

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

Discover Job 26:9

CONTEXT: What is the Context of Job 26:9?

MEANING: What does Job 26:9 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Job 26:9 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Job 26:9?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Job 26:9 Mean?

Context Summary

Job 26:1-14 - "the Outskirts Of His Ways"
Job taunts Bildad with his reply as having imparted no help or thought. He then proceeds, Job 26:5-14, to give a description of God's power as manifested in Hades, in space, in the clouds, in the ocean, and throughout the universe. The spirits of the dead tremble before Him; the grave and destruction that veil themselves in night are stripped before His gaze; the world itself is suspended in space by invisible threads (a wonderful foreshadowing of the true theory of the earth); the waters are held in the clouds, which do not burst under their weight but act as the veil of God's throne; the sea owns His authority, hushing under His word or rising in its might; His breath brings the dawn; His hand strangles the dragon, as representing a well-known constellation, Draco. But these are only the outskirts of His ways. Great as is their acclaim as they circle His throne in thunder and splendor, they are but as a whisper compared with His divine power and Godhead. All that the scientist has known of God is, when compared with His essential nature, what the quiver of a leaf in the breeze is to the crash of the thunder-peal. This, O child of God, is thy Father, and His power is for thy defense. [source]

Chapter Summary: Job 26

1  Job, reproving the uncharitable spirit of Bildad
5  acknowledges the power of God to be infinite and unsearchable

What do the individual words in Job 26:9 mean?

He covers the face of [His] throne [And] spreads over it His cloud
מְאַחֵ֥ז פְּנֵי־ כִסֵּ֑ה פַּרְשֵׁ֖ז עָלָ֣יו עֲנָנֽוֹ

מְאַחֵ֥ז  He  covers 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Participle, masculine singular
Root: אָחוּז 
Sense: grasp, take hold, seize, take possession.
פְּנֵי־  the  face 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: לִפְנֵי 
Sense: face.
כִסֵּ֑ה  of  [His]  throne 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: כִּסֵּא 
Sense: seat (of honour), throne, seat, stool.
פַּרְשֵׁ֖ז  [And]  spreads 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Infinitive absolute
Root: פַּרְשֵׂז  
Sense: (Pilel) spreading (verbal).
עָלָ֣יו  over  it 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
עֲנָנֽוֹ  His  cloud 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: עָנָן  
Sense: cloud, cloudy, cloud-mass.

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