Job 26:8

In 11 translations

BSB

He wraps up the waters in His clouds, yet the clouds do not burst under their own weight.

KJV

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

WEB

He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not burst under them.

ASV

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

LSV

Binding up the waters in His thick clouds, || And the cloud is not burst under them.

YLT

Binding up the waters in His thick clouds, And the cloud is not rent under them.

DBY

He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not rent under them.

DRC

He bindeth up the waters in his clouds, so that they break not out and fall down together.

GNV

He bindeth the waters in his cloudes, and the cloude is not broken vnder them.

JPS

He bindeth up the waters in His thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.

LXXE

binding water in his clouds, and the cloud is not rent under it.

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Original-language editions

WLC

צֹרֵֽר־מַ֥יִם בְּעָבָ֑יו וְלֹא־נִבְקַ֖ע עָנָ֣ן תַּחְתָּֽם׃

LXX-Br

Δεσμεύων ὕδωρ ἐν νεφέλαις αὐτοῦ, καὶ οὐκ ἐῤῥάγη νέφος ὑποκάτω αὐτοῦ·

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Cross-references most cited first

• Job 37:11–16He loads the clouds with moisture; He scatters His lightning through them. They swirl about, whirling at His direction, accomplishing all that He commands over the face of all the earth. Whether for punishment or for…
• Proverbs 30:4Who has ascended to heaven and come down? Who has gathered the wind in His hands? Who has bound up the waters in His cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name, and what is the name of His…
• Jeremiah 10:13When He thunders, the waters in the heavens roar; He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He generates the lightning with the rain and brings forth the wind from His storehouses.
• Isaiah 5:6I will make it a wasteland, neither pruned nor cultivated, and thorns and briers will grow up. I will command the clouds that rain shall not fall on it.”
• Psalms 18:10–11He mounted a cherub and flew; He soared on the wings of the wind. He made darkness His hiding place, and storm clouds a canopy around Him.
• Job 38:9when I made the clouds its garment and thick darkness its blanket,
• Psalms 135:7He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He generates the lightning with the rain and brings forth the wind from His storehouses.
• Job 38:37Who has the wisdom to count the clouds? Or who can tilt the water jars of the heavens
• Genesis 1:6–7And God said, “Let there be an expanse between the waters, to separate the waters from the waters.” So God made the expanse and separated the waters beneath it from the waters above. And it was so.
• Job 36:29Furthermore, who can understand how the clouds spread out, how the thunder roars from His pavilion?

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