It is turned
2015 {2015} Primeהָפַךְhaphak{haw-fak'}
A primitive root; to turn about or over; by implication to change, overturn, return, pervert.
z8691 <8691> Grammar
Stem - Hithpael (See H8819) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 533
as clay
2563 {2563} Primeחֹמֶרchomer{kho'-mer}
From H2560; properly a bubbling up, that is, of water, a wave; of earth, mire or clay (cement); also a heap; hence a chomer or dry measure.
[ to] the seal;
2368 {2368} Primeחוֹתָםchowtham{kho-thawm'}
From H2856; a signature ring.
and they stand
3320 {3320} Primeיָצַבyatsab{yaw-tsab'}
A primitive root; to place (any thing so as to stay); reflexively to station, offer, continue.
z8691 <8691> Grammar
Stem - Hithpael (See H8819) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 533
as
x3644 (3644) Complementכְמוֹk@mow{kem-o'}
A form of the prefix K, but used separately (compare H3651); as, thus, so.
a garment.
3830 {3830} Primeלְבוּשׁl@buwsh{leb-oosh'}
From H3847; a garment (literally or figuratively); by implication (euphemistically) a wife. |
Job 38:14
_ _ Explaining the first clause of Job 38:13, as Job 38:15 does the second clause. As the plastic clay presents the various figures impressed on it by a seal, so the earth, which in the dark was void of all form, when illuminated by the dayspring, presents a variety of forms, hills, valleys, etc.
_ _ turned — (Hebrew, “turns itself”) alludes to the rolling cylinder seal, such as is found in Babylon, which leaves its impressions on the clay, as it is turned about; so the morning light rolling on over the earth.
_ _ they stand — The forms of beauty, unfolded by the dawn, stand forth as a garment, in which the earth is clad. |
Job 38:14
It — The earth. Turned — Is changed in its appearance. By the seal — The seal makes a beautiful impression upon the clay, which in itself hath no form, or comeliness. So the earth, which in the darkness of night lies like a confused heap without either form or beauty, when the light arises and shines upon it, appears in excellent order and glory. They — The men and things of the earth, whether natural, as living creatures, herbs and trees; or artificial, as houses or other buildings. Stand — Present themselves to our view. Garment — Wherewith the earth is in a manner clothed and adorned. |
Job 38:14
It is turned as clay [to] the seal; (l) and they stand as a garment.
(l) The earth which seemed in the night to have no form by the rising of the sun, is as it were created anew, and all things in it clad with new beauty. |
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Psalms 104:2 Who coverest [thyself] with light as [with] a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:
Psalms 104:6 Thou coveredst it with the deep as [with] a garment: the waters stood above the mountains.
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