KJV King James Version
It is turned as clay [to] the seal; and they stand as a garment.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Job 38:14
It is turned as clay [to] the seal; and they stand as a garment.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The earth takes shape like clay under a seal; its hills stand out like the folds of a garment.
WEB World English Bible
It is changed as clay under the seal, and stands forth as a garment.
ASV American Standard Version
It is changed as clay under the seal; And all things stand forth as a garment:
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
It turneth itself as clay of a seal And they station themselves as clothed.
Surrounding context — Job 38
11 And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
12 Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; [and] caused the dayspring to know his place;
13 That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?
14 It is turned as clay [to] the seal; and they stand as a garment.
15 And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.
16 Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?
17 Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?
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