Job 26:8
He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.
Job 26:8 in other translations
| BSB | He wraps up the waters in His clouds, yet the clouds do not burst under their own weight. |
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| 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. |
| YLT | Binding up the waters in His thick clouds, And the cloud is not rent under them. |
| DARBY | He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not rent under them. |
| BBE | By him the waters are shut up in his thick clouds, and the cloud does not give way under them. |
| Webster | He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them. |
What does Job 26:8 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Job 26:5-14
5-14. As before in the ninth and twelfth chapters, Job had shown himself not inferior to the friends' inability to describe God's greatness, so now he describes it as manifested in hell (the world of the dead), Job 26:5, 6; on earth, Job 26:7; in the sky, Job 26:8-11; the sea, Job 26:12; the heavens, Job 26:13. Dead things are formed--Rather, "The souls of the dead (Rephaim) tremble." Not only does God's power…
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 26:5-14
Many striking instances are here given of the wisdom and power of God, in the creation and preservation of the world. If we look about us, to the earth and waters here below, we see his almighty power. If we consider hell beneath, though out of our sight, yet we may conceive the discoveries of God's power there. If we look up to heaven above, we see displays of God's almighty power. By his Spirit, the eternal Spirit…
Job 26:8 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Job 26:8
- Job 37:11-16
Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud: And it is turned round about by his counsels: that they may do whatsoever he commandeth them upon the face of the world in the earth. He causeth it to come, whether for correction, or for his land, or for mercy. Hearken unto this, O Job: stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God. …
- 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?
- Jeremiah 10:13
When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.
- Isaiah 5:6
And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
- Psalms 135:7
He causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain; he bringeth the wind out of his treasuries.
- Job 38:37
Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,
- Psalms 18:10-11
And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind. He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
- Job 38:9
When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,
- Genesis 1:6-7
And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
- Job 36:29
Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle?
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Context
- Job 26:7
He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.
- Job 26:8
He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.
- Job 26:9
He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it.
Job 26:8 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Ata las aguas en sus nubes, y las nubes no se rompen debajo de ellas. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Il serre les eaux dans ses nuages, et la nuée ne se fend pas sous elles; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Er bindet die Wasser in seine Wolken, und das Gewölk zerreißt nicht unter ihnen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Qui ligat aquas in nubibus suis, ut non erumpant pariter deorsum. |