Job 26:8 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

He holds the waters bound in His clouds [which otherwise would spill on earth all at once], and the cloud is not rent under them.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

wrapped up water in his clouds, yet they didn’t burst out below;

Catholic Public Domain Version

He secures the waters in his clouds, so that they do not burst forth downward all at once.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Job 26:8 Cross References

Job 36:29

Yea, can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, The thunderings of his pavilion?

Job 38:37

Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of heaven,

Job 38:9

When I made the cloud the garment thereof, And thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,

Psalm 135:7

He causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; He maketh lightnings for the rain; He bringeth forth the wind out of his treasuries.

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, and descended? Who hath gathered the wind in his fists? Who hath bound the waters in his garment? Who hath established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou knowest?

Proverbs 8:28

When he made firm the sides above: When the fountains of the deep became strong:

Isaiah 5:6

and I will lay it waste; it shall not be pruned nor hoed; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.

Jeremiah 10:13

when he uttereth his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasuries.