KJV King James Version
Who coverest [thyself] with light as [with] a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:
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Psalm 104:2
Who coverest [thyself] with light as [with] a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
He wraps Himself in light as with a garment; He stretches out the heavens like a tent,
WEB World English Bible
He covers himself with light as with a garment. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain.
ASV American Standard Version
Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment; Who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Covering himself with light as a garment, Stretching out the heavens as a curtain,
Surrounding context — Psalm 104
1 Bless the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty.
2 Who coverest [thyself] with light as [with] a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:
3 Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind:
4 Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire:
5 [Who] laid the foundations of the earth, [that] it should not be removed for ever.
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Isaiah 40:22[It is] he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof [are] as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:Daniel 7:9I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment [was] white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne [was like] the fiery flame, [and] his wheels [as] burning fire.Isaiah 45:12I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, [even] my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded.1 John 1:5This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.1 Timothy 6:16Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom [be] honour and power everlasting. Amen.Hebrews 1:10-12And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands:Matthew 17:2And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.Zechariah 12:1The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, saith the LORD, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him.
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