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Job 26:8
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He wraps up the water in his clouds,yet the clouds do not burst beneath its weight.
He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, And the cloud is not burst under them.
He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.
He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not split open under them.
He wraps up the waters in his thick clouds, but the clouds do not break under their weight.
He locks the waters in his clouds, and the clouds do not burst with the weight of them.
"He wraps the waters in His clouds [which otherwise would spill on earth all at once], And the cloud does not burst under them.
"He wraps up the waters in His clouds, And the cloud does not burst under them.
He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, And the cloud is not burst under them.
He bindeth the waters in his cloudes, and the cloude is not broken vnder them.
He wraps up the waters in His clouds,And the cloud does not break out under them.
He wraps up the waters in His clouds, yet the clouds do not burst under their own weight.
God stores water in clouds, but they don't burst,
He binds up the water in his thick clouds, yet no cloud is torn apart by it.
He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not rent under them.
He fills the thick clouds with water. But he does not let its heavy weight break the clouds open.
He binds up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.
It is God who fills the clouds with water and keeps them from bursting with the weight.
He ties up the water in its clouds, and the cloud is not torn open beneath it.
He binds up the waters in His thick clouds; and the cloud does not burst under them.
He byndeth ye water in his cloudes, that they fall not downe together.
He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; And the cloud is not rent under them.
By him the waters are shut up in his thick clouds, and the cloud does not give way under them.
He bindeth up the waters in His thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.
Hee bindeth vp the waters in his thicke clouds, and the cloud is not rent vnder them.
He byndeth the water in his cloudes, & the cloude is not broken vnder them.
binding water in his clouds, and the cloud is not rent under it.
He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.
He binds up the waters in his thick clouds; And the cloud is not rent under them.
He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.
He binds up the water in His thick clouds, Yet the clouds are not broken under it.
He wraps the rain in his thick clouds, and the clouds don't burst with the weight.
He holds the waters in His clouds, and the cloud does not break under them.
He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not torn open by them.
Who bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not rent beneath them;
He bindeth up the waters in his clouds, so that they break not out and fall down together.
He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not rent under them.
Binding up the waters in His thick clouds, And the cloud is not rent under them.
"He wraps up the waters in His clouds, And the cloud does not burst under them.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
bindeth up: Job 36:29, Job 38:9, Job 38:37, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Psalms 135:7, Proverbs 30:4, Jeremiah 10:13
thick clouds: Job 37:11-16, Psalms 18:10, Psalms 18:11
and the cloud: Isaiah 5:6
Reciprocal: Job 28:11 - bindeth Job 37:16 - the balancings Psalms 147:8 - covereth
Cross-References
And he diggide eft other pittis, whiche the seruauntis of Abraham his fadir hadden diggid, and whiche the Filisteis hadden stoppid sumtyme, whanne Abraham was deed; and he clepide tho pittis bi the same names, bi whiche his fadir hadde clepid bifore.
Thei diggiden in the stronde, and thei founden wellynge watir.
His modir bihelde bi a wyndow, and yellide; and sche spak fro the soler, Whi tarieth his chaar to come ayen? Whi tarieden the feet of his foure horsid cartis?
For whi fro the wyndow of myn hous bi the latijs Y bihelde; and Y se litle children.
Vse thou lijf with the wijf which thou louest, in alle the daies of lijf of thin vnstablenesse, that ben youun to thee vndur sunne, in al the tyme of thi vanyte; for this is thi part in thi lijf and trauel, bi which thou trauelist vndur the sunne.
My derlyng is lijk a capret, and a calf of hertis; lo! he stondith bihynde oure wal, and biholdith bi the wyndows, and lokith thorouy the latisis.
For a yong man schal dwelle with a virgyn, and thi sones schulen dwelle in thee; and the spouse schal haue ioie on the spousesse, and thi God schal haue ioie on thee.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds,.... The clouds are of his making; when he utters his voice, or gives the word of command, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens; and the vapours he exhales from the ends of the earth and forms them into clouds, and they are his chariots, in which he rides up and down in the heavens, and waters his gardens and plantations on earth; see Jeremiah 10:13; which may be said to be thick in comparison of the air, in which they are; otherwise they are but thin, and the thinner they are, the greater wonder it is that the waters, and such a heavy body of them, should be bound up in them, as there often is; and which is bound up, held, and retained therein, as anything bound up in a sack or bag, or in a garment, or the skirt of a man's coat; see Proverbs 30:4; and what is still more marvellous:
and the cloud is not rent under them; under the waters, and through the weight of them; which, if it was, would fall in vast water spouts, and were such to fall upon the earth, as it may be supposed they did at the general deluge, they would destroy man and beast, and wash off and wash away the things of the earth: but God has so ordered it in his infinite wisdom, and by his almighty power, that clouds should not be thus rent, but fall in small drops and gentle showers, as if they passed through a sieve or colander, whereby the earth is refreshed, and made fruitful; see Job 36:26.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds - That is, he seems to do it, or to collect the waters in the clouds, as in bottles or vessels. The clouds appear to hold the waters, as if bound up, until he is pleased to send them drop by drop upon the earth.
And the cloud is not rent under them - The wonder which Job here expresses is, that so large a quantity of water as is poured down from the clouds, should be held suspended in the air without seeming to rend the cloud, and falling all at once. His image is that of a bottle, or vessel, filled with water, suspended in the air, and which is not rent. What were the views which he had of the clouds, of course it is impossible now to say. If he regarded them as they are, as vapors, or if he considered them to be a more solid substance, capable of holding water, there was equal ground for wonder. In the former case, his amazement would have arisen from the fact, that so light, fragile, and evanescent a substance as vapor should contain so large a quantity of water; in the latter case, his wonder would have been that such a substance should distil its contents drop by drop. There is equal reason for admiring the wisdom of God in the production of rain, now that the cause is understood. The clouds are collections of vapors. They contain moisture, or vapor, which ascends from the earth, and which is held in suspension when in small particles in the clouds; as, when a room is swept, the small particles of dust will be seen to float in the room. When these small particles are attracted, and form masses as large as drops, the air will no longer sustain them, and they fall to the earth. Man never could have devised a way for causing rain; and the mode in which it is provided that large quantities of water shall be borne from one place to another in the air, and made to fall when it is needed, by which the vapors that ascend from the ocean shall not be suffered to fall again into the ocean, but shall be carried on to the land, is adapted to excite our admiration of the wisdom of God now, no less than it was in the time of Job.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Job 26:8. 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.
