Job Chapter 38 verse 14 Holy Bible
It is changed as clay under the seal; And `all things' stand forth as a garment:
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It is changed like wet earth under a stamp, and is coloured like a robe;
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It is changed like the signet-clay; and [all things] stand forth as in a garment:
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It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment.
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It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment.
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It is changed as clay under the seal, And stands forth as a garment.
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It turneth itself as clay of a seal And they station themselves as clothed.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 14. - It is turned as clay to the seal; rather, it changes as the clay of a seal. The seals of the Babylonians, Assyrians, and others were commonly impressed upon clay, and not upon wax (Lsyard, 'Nineveh and Babylon,' pp. 153-156). As the seal changed the clay from a dull, shapeless lump to a figured surface, so the coming of the dawn changes the earth from an indistinct mass to one diversified with form and colour. As M. Renan explains, "L'aurore fair our la terre l'effet d'un sceau sur la torte sigillee, en dormant de laforme, et du relief, a la surface do l'univers, qui pendant la nuit est somme un chaos indistinct." And they stand as a garment; rather, and things stand out as a garment or as on a garment - a richly embroidered dress is intended, on which the pattern stands out in relief.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(14) As clay to the seal.--In the darkness every object is without form and void, just as clay or wax, which has no distinctness of shape till the seal is applied, and then the impression is clear and manifest. So with the coming of the daylight after darkness. We should rather render, It is changed as clay under the seal, and all things stand forth as in their proper raiment.
