Job 26:8 KJV

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

Old Words

What these words meant when the King James Bible was translated.

Matthew Henry

  • Job acknowledges the power of GodMany 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...

Parallel Passages

  • Job 37:11 Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud:
  • 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?

From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).

Cross References

  • 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.
  • 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. …
  • Job 36:29 Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle?

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Strong’s Numbers

  • He bindeth up צָרַר tsârar
  • the waters מַיִם mayim
  • in his thick clouds עָב ʻâb
  • and the cloud עָנָן ʻânân
  • is not rent בָּקַע bâqaʻ

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