Job 26:8
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New International Version (© 2011)
He wraps up the waters in his clouds, yet the clouds do not burst under their weight.

King James Bible
He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.

American Standard Version
He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; And the cloud is not rent under them.

Young's Literal Translation
Binding up the waters in His thick clouds, And the cloud is not rent under them.

Job 26:8 Additional Translations
Clarke's Commentary on the Bible

He bindeth up the waters - Drives the aqueous particles together, which were raised by evaporation, so that, being condensed, they form clouds which float in the atmosphere, till, meeting with strong currents of wind, or by the agency of the electric fluid, they are farther condensed; and then, becoming too heavy to be sustained in the air, fall down in the form of rain, when, in this poetic language, the cloud is rent under them.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

bindeth up

Job 36:29 Also can any understand the spreading of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle?

Job 38:9,37 When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddling cloth for it...

Genesis 1:6,7 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the middle of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters...

Psalm 135:7 He causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he makes lightning for the rain; he brings the wind out of his treasuries.

Proverbs 30:4 Who has ascended up into heaven, or descended? who has gathered the wind in his fists? who has bound the waters in a garment?...

Jeremiah 10:13 When he utters his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens, and he causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth...

thick clouds

Job 37:11-16 Also by watering he wearies the thick cloud: he scatters his bright cloud...

Psalm 18:10,11 And he rode on a cherub, and did fly: yes, he did fly on the wings of the wind...

and the cloud

Isaiah 5:6 And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor dig; but there shall come up briers and thorns...

Job 26:8 Parallel Commentaries
Bindeth Binding Binds Burst Cloud Clouds Rent Shut Thick Waters Way Weight Wraps
Bindeth Binding Binds Burst Cloud Clouds Rent Shut Thick Waters Way Weight Wraps
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Job 37:11 He loads the clouds with moisture; he scatters his lightning through them.
Psalm 147:8 He covers the sky with clouds; he supplies the earth with rain and makes grass grow on the hills.
Proverbs 30:4 Who has gone up to heaven and come down? Whose hands have gathered up the wind? Who has wrapped up the waters in a cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is the name of his son? Surely you know!