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 · 2000He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; And the cloud is not rent under them.
KJV
King James Version · 1611He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; And the cloud is not rent under them.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949By him the waters are shut up in his thick clouds, and the cloud does not give way under them.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Binding up the waters in His thick clouds, And the cloud is not rent under them.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752He bindeth up the waters in his clouds, so that they break not out and fall down together.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not rent under them.
Context
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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