Job 26:8
He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.
Context
This verse from Job Chapter 26 connects to 10 cross-references. Job's sarcastic reply questions how Bildad's speech has helped the powerless or informed the ignorant. He then describes God's cosmic sovereignty: stretching out the north over empty space, hanging the earth on nothing, binding the waters in clouds, and setting …
Other Translations
He bindeth 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.
By him the waters are shut up in his thick clouds, and the cloud does not give way under them.
Cross References
And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and …
When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapours to …
Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,
When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,
Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him which is perfect in knowledge?
Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud:
Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle?
He causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain; he bringeth …
He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.