Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Job 38:14

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14. Explaining the first clause of Job 38:13 , as Job 38:13- : 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, c. 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. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-15" class="com-number"

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