Translations
F.O.G.MPrimary
F.O.G Message"when I wrapped it in clouds for clothing and bound it in thick darkness as its swaddling cloths —"
F.O.GSecondary
The F.O.G"when I clothed it in stormcloud as a garment and wrapped thick darkness around it as its swaddling-band —"
KJV
King James VersionWhen I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,
BSB
Berean Standard Biblewhen I made the clouds its garment and thick darkness its blanket,
Footnotes
The *chatulah* (חֲתֻלָּה) is the swaddling-band used to wrap a newborn — continuing the birth metaphor from verse 8. YHWH swaddles the chaotic sea like a mother bundling an infant: containing it, calming it, setting its limits not by brute force but by tender sovereign control. This is a breathtaking reversal — the most terrifying force in the ancient world treated like a baby needing to be wrapped up. FOG preserves 'swaddling-band' as the period-accurate term; FOG Message uses 'swaddling cloths' for modern accessibility.