Job 26:8
Strong's Lexicon
He wraps up
צֹרֵֽר־ (ṣō·rêr-)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6887: 1) to bind, be narrow, be in distress, make narrow, cause distress, besiege, be straitened, be bound 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to bind, tie up, shut up 1a2) to be scant, be cramped, be in straits 1b) (Pual) to be bound, be tied up 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to make narrow for, cause distress to, press hard upon 1c2) to suffer distress 2) to show hostility toward, vex 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to show hostility toward, treat with enmity, vex, harass 1a2) vexer, harasser (participle)

the waters
מַ֥יִם (ma·yim)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4325: 1) water, waters 1a) water 1b) water of the feet, urine 1c) of danger, violence, transitory things, refreshment (fig.)

in His clouds,
בְּעָבָ֑יו (bə·‘ā·ḇāw)
Preposition-b | Noun - common plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5645: 1) darkness, cloud, thicket 1a) dark cloud 1b) cloud mass 1c) thicket (as refuge)

yet the clouds
עָנָ֣ן (‘ā·nān)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6051: 1) cloud, cloudy, cloud-mass 1a) cloud-mass (of theophanic cloud) 1b) cloud

do not
וְלֹא־ (wə·lō-)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: 1) not, no 1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition) 1b) not (with modifier-negation) 1c) nothing (subst) 1d) without (with particle) 1e) before (of time)

burst
נִבְקַ֖ע (niḇ·qa‘)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1234: 1) to split, cleave, break open, divide, break through, rip up, break up, tear 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to cleave, cleave open 1a2) to break through, break into 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be cleft, be rent open, be split open 1b2) to be broken into 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to cleave, cut to pieces, rend open 1c2) to break through, break down 1d) (Pual) 1d1) to be ripped open, be torn open 1d2) to be rent 1d3) to be broken into 1e) (Hiphil) 1e1) to break into 1e2) to break through 1f) (Hophal) to be broken into 1g) (Hithpael) to burst (themselves) open, cleave asunder

under their own weight.
תַּחְתָּֽם׃ (taḥ·tām)
Preposition | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 8478: 1) the under part, beneath, instead of, as, for, for the sake of, flat, unto, where, whereas n m 1a) the under part adv accus 1b) beneath prep 1c) under, beneath 1c1) at the foot of (idiom) 1c2) sweetness, subjection, woman, being burdened or oppressed (fig) 1c3) of subjection or conquest 1d) what is under one, the place in which one stands 1d1) in one's place, the place in which one stands (idiom with reflexive pronoun) 1d2) in place of, instead of (in transferred sense) 1d3) in place of, in exchange or return for (of things mutually interchanged) conj 1e) instead of, instead of that 1f) in return for that, because that in compounds 1g) in, under, into the place of (after verbs of motion) 1h) from under, from beneath, from under the hand of, from his place, under, beneath

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
He wraps up the waters in His clouds, yet the clouds do not burst under their own weight.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He wraps up the waters in  His  clouds, yet the clouds do not  burst beneath  their weight. 

New American Standard Bible
"He wraps up the waters in His clouds, And the cloud does not burst under them.

King James Bible
He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
He wraps up the waters in his clouds, yet the clouds do not burst under their weight.

New Living Translation
He wraps the rain in his thick clouds, and the clouds don't burst with the weight.

English Standard Version
He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not split open under them.

New American Standard Bible
"He wraps up the waters in His clouds, And the cloud does not burst under them.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He wraps up the waters in His clouds, yet the clouds do not burst beneath their weight.

International Standard Version
"He restricts the waters within clouds and the clouds don't burst open under them.

NET Bible
He locks the waters in his clouds, and the clouds do not burst with the weight of them.

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

English Revised 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.
















Cross References
Job 37:11
Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud:

Psalm 147:8
Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.

Proverbs 30:4
Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou canst tell?

Job 1:1
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

Job 26:7
He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.

Job 26:6
Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.

Job 26:5
Dead things are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof.

Job 26:9
He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it.

Job 26:10
He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.

Job 26:11
The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof.
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