King James Version
Job 38:14 in the King James Version says “It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment.” — study this verse from Job chapter 38 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment.”
Job 38:14 · KJV
Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;
That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it? ends: Heb. wings
It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment.
And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.
Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?
KJV Study — Public Domain
“It is turned”
H2015to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert
“as clay”
H2563properly, a bubbling up, i.e., of water, a wave; hence, a chomer or dry measure
“and they stand”
H3320to place (any thing so as to stay); reflexively, to station, offer, continue
“as a garment”
H3830a garment (literally or figuratively); by implication (euphemistically) a wife
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