Job 26:8

What does Job 26:8 mean?

A plain-English look at Job 26:8 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

By him the waters are shut up in his thick clouds, and the cloud does not give way under them.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

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

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

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

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

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

Context

v.7He stretcheth out the north over empty space, And hangeth the earth upon nothing.

v.8This passage

v.9He incloseth the face of his throne, And spreadeth his cloud upon it.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Job 37:11

    Yea, he ladeth the thick cloud with moisture; He spreadeth abroad the cloud of his lightning:

  • 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?

  • Genesis 1:6

    And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

  • Job 36:29

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

  • 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.

  • Job 38:9

    When I made clouds the garment thereof, And thick darkness a swaddling-band for it,

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