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and the cloud is not rent under them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/26.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />He binds up the water in His thick clouds, Yet the clouds are not broken under it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/26.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“He wraps up the waters in His clouds, And the cloud does not burst under them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/26.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220He wraps up the waters in His clouds, And the cloud does not burst under them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/26.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“He wraps up the waters in His clouds; And the cloud does not burst under them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/26.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />He wraps up the waters in His clouds, And the cloud does not break out under them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/26.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“He wraps the waters in His clouds [which otherwise would spill on earth all at once], And the cloud does not burst under them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/26.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He wraps up the water in his clouds, yet the clouds do not burst beneath its weight.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/26.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He wraps up the waters in His clouds, yet the clouds do not burst beneath their weight. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/26.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; And the cloud is not rent under them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/26.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />God stores water in clouds, but they don't burst, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/26.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/26.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />He holds the water in his thick clouds, and the clouds don't [even] split under its [weight].<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/26.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />It is God who fills the clouds with water and keeps them from bursting with the weight. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/26.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"He restricts the waters within clouds and the clouds don't burst open under them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/26.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />He wraps up the waters in His clouds, yet the clouds do not burst under their own weight.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/26.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />He locks the waters in his clouds, and the clouds do not burst with the weight of them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/26.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not burst under them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/26.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/26.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not burst under them. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/26.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Binding up the waters in His thick clouds, "" And the cloud is not burst under them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/26.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Binding up the waters in His thick clouds, And the cloud is not rent under them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/26.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />He bound up the waters in his clouds, and the cloud was not rent under them.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/26.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />He bindeth up the waters in his clouds, so that they break not out and fall down together. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/26.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />He secures the waters in his clouds, so that they do not burst forth downward all at once.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/26.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />He binds up the waters in his clouds, yet the cloud is not split by their weight; <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/26.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not torn open by them.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/26.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />He binds up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/26.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />He has bound the waters in his clouds and a cloud does not burst under them<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/26.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />He bindeth up the waters in His thick clouds; And the cloud is not rent under them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/26.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />binding water in his clouds, and the cloud is not rent under it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/26-8.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XAwuD5NuZq0?start=3888" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/job/26.htm">Job: Who Can Understand God's Majesty?</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">7</span>He stretches out the north over empty space; He hangs the earth upon nothing. <span class="reftext">8</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/6887.htm" title="6887: ṣō·rêr- (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- A primitive root; to cramp, literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive.">He wraps up</a> <a href="/hebrew/4325.htm" title="4325: ma·yim (N-mp) -- Waters, water. Dual of a primitive noun; water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen.">the waters</a> <a href="/hebrew/5645.htm" title="5645: bə·‘ā·ḇāw (Prep-b:: N-cpc:: 3ms) -- Dark cloud, cloud mass, thicket. ">in His clouds,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6051.htm" title="6051: ‘ā·nān (N-ms) -- A cloud mass, cloud. From anan; a cloud, i.e. The nimbus or thunder-cloud.">yet the clouds</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō- (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">do not</a> <a href="/hebrew/1234.htm" title="1234: niḇ·qa‘ (V-Nifal-Perf-3ms) -- To cleave, break open or through. A primitive root; to cleave; generally, to rend, break, rip or open.">burst</a> <a href="/hebrew/8478.htm" title="8478: taḥ·tām (Prep:: 3mp) -- Underneath, below, instead of. From the same as Towach; the bottom; only adverbially, below, in lieu of, etc.">under their own weight.</a> </span><span class="reftext">9</span>He covers the face of the full moon, spreading over it His cloud.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/104-3.htm">Psalm 104:3</a></span><br />laying the beams of His chambers in the waters above, making the clouds His chariot, walking on the wings of the wind.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/40-22.htm">Isaiah 40:22</a></span><br />He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth; its dwellers are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/8-28.htm">Proverbs 8:28</a></span><br />when He established the clouds above, when the fountains of the deep gushed forth,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/10-13.htm">Jeremiah 10:13</a></span><br />When He thunders, the waters in the heavens roar; He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He generates the lightning with the rain and brings forth the wind from His storehouses.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/1-6.htm">Genesis 1:6-7</a></span><br />And God said, “Let there be an expanse between the waters, to separate the waters from the waters.” / So God made the expanse and separated the waters beneath it from the waters above. And it was so.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/147-8.htm">Psalm 147:8</a></span><br />who covers the sky with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow on the hills.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/44-22.htm">Isaiah 44:22</a></span><br />I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud, and your sins like a mist. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/51-16.htm">Jeremiah 51:16</a></span><br />When He thunders, the waters in the heavens roar; He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He generates the lightning with the rain and brings forth the wind from His storehouses.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/33-7.htm">Psalm 33:7</a></span><br />He piles up the waters of the sea; He puts the depths into storehouses.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/45-8.htm">Isaiah 45:8</a></span><br />Drip down, O heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness. Let the earth open up that salvation may sprout and righteousness spring up with it; I, the LORD, have created it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nahum/1-3.htm">Nahum 1:3</a></span><br />The LORD is slow to anger and great in power; the LORD will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. His path is in the whirlwind and storm, and clouds are the dust beneath His feet.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/8-26.htm">Matthew 8:26-27</a></span><br />“You of little faith,” Jesus replied, “why are you so afraid?” Then He got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and it was perfectly calm. / The men were amazed and asked, “What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the sea obey Him!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/4-39.htm">Mark 4:39-41</a></span><br />Then Jesus got up and rebuked the wind and the sea. “Silence!” He commanded. “Be still!” And the wind died down, and it was perfectly calm. / “Why are you so afraid?” He asked. “Do you still have no faith?” / Overwhelmed with fear, they asked one another, “Who is this, that even the wind and the sea obey Him?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/8-24.htm">Luke 8:24-25</a></span><br />The disciples went and woke Him, saying, “Master, Master, we are perishing!” Then Jesus got up and rebuked the wind and the raging waters, and they subsided, and all was calm. / “Where is your faith?” He asked. Frightened and amazed, they asked one another, “Who is this? He commands even the winds and the water, and they obey Him!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/1-3.htm">Hebrews 1:3</a></span><br />The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His nature, upholding all things by His powerful word. After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">He binds up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.</p><p class="hdg">bindeth up</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/36-29.htm">Job 36:29</a></b></br> Also can <i>any</i> understand the spreadings of the clouds, <i>or</i> the noise of his tabernacle?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/38-9.htm">Job 38:9,37</a></b></br> When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it, … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/1-6.htm">Genesis 1:6,7</a></b></br> And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters… </p><p class="hdg">thick clouds</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/37-11.htm">Job 37:11-16</a></b></br> Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/18-10.htm">Psalm 18:10,11</a></b></br> And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind… </p><p class="hdg">and the cloud</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/5-6.htm">Isaiah 5:6</a></b></br> 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.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/job/12-18.htm">Bindeth</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-38.htm">Binding</a> <a href="/job/12-18.htm">Binds</a> <a href="/joshua/9-13.htm">Burst</a> <a href="/job/22-13.htm">Cloud</a> <a href="/job/22-14.htm">Clouds</a> <a href="/job/2-12.htm">Rent</a> <a href="/job/24-16.htm">Shut</a> <a href="/job/24-17.htm">Thick</a> <a href="/job/26-5.htm">Waters</a> <a href="/job/24-24.htm">Way</a> <a href="/job/6-3.htm">Weight</a> <a href="/judges/14-13.htm">Wraps</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/job/28-11.htm">Bindeth</a> <a href="/psalms/56-12.htm">Binding</a> <a href="/job/28-11.htm">Binds</a> <a href="/job/32-19.htm">Burst</a> <a href="/job/26-9.htm">Cloud</a> <a href="/job/26-9.htm">Clouds</a> <a href="/psalms/60-2.htm">Rent</a> <a href="/job/37-10.htm">Shut</a> <a href="/job/28-3.htm">Thick</a> <a href="/job/26-10.htm">Waters</a> <a href="/job/28-8.htm">Way</a> <a href="/job/28-15.htm">Weight</a> <a href="/psalms/104-2.htm">Wraps</a><div class="vheading2">Job 26</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/26-1.htm">Job, reproving the uncharitable spirit of Bildad</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/26-5.htm">acknowledges the power of God to be infinite and unsearchable</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/26.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/job/26.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>He wraps up the waters in His clouds</b><br>This phrase highlights God's sovereignty and control over creation. In the ancient Near Eastern context, water was often seen as chaotic and uncontrollable, yet here it is depicted as being contained by God. This imagery is consistent with other biblical passages that describe God's power over the natural world, such as <a href="/psalms/104-3.htm">Psalm 104:3</a>, where God is said to "lay the beams of His chambers on the waters." The act of wrapping waters in clouds can also be seen as a metaphor for God's provision and protection, as clouds often bring rain, which is essential for life. This reflects the broader biblical theme of God as the sustainer of creation.<p><b>yet the clouds do not burst under their own weight</b><br>This part of the verse emphasizes the miraculous nature of God's creation. Despite the immense weight of the water, the clouds do not collapse, illustrating God's wisdom and design. This can be connected to the idea of divine order in creation, as seen in <a href="/genesis/1.htm">Genesis 1</a>, where God brings order out of chaos. The stability of the clouds can also be seen as a metaphor for God's faithfulness and reliability, as He maintains the balance of nature. This imagery is echoed in other scriptures, such as <a href="/jeremiah/10-13.htm">Jeremiah 10:13</a>, which speaks of God bringing forth the wind from His storehouses, further emphasizing His control over the elements.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/job.htm">Job</a></b><br>The central figure in the Book of Job, a man known for his patience and faithfulness amidst suffering. Job is speaking in this passage, reflecting on God's power and wisdom.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The Creator and Sustainer of the universe, whose power and wisdom are being extolled by Job in this verse.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/c/clouds.htm">Clouds</a></b><br>Natural phenomena used metaphorically to illustrate God's control over creation. In the ancient Near Eastern context, clouds were often seen as symbols of divine presence and power.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/w/waters.htm">Waters</a></b><br>Representing the life-giving and sustaining elements of creation, which God controls and contains within the clouds.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/c/creation.htm">Creation</a></b><br>The broader context of <a href="/bsb/job/26.htm">Job 26</a> is a reflection on the majesty and mystery of God's creation, emphasizing His sovereignty over the natural world.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty.htm">God's Sovereignty</a></b><br>This verse highlights God's absolute control over creation. Just as He wraps the waters in clouds, He holds all things together in His wisdom and power.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/divine_wisdom.htm">Divine Wisdom</a></b><br>The ability of clouds to hold water without bursting is a testament to God's intricate design and wisdom in creation. We can trust His wisdom in our lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faith_in_god's_provision.htm">Faith in God's Provision</a></b><br>Just as God sustains the natural world, He sustains us. We can rely on His provision and care, even when we do not understand His ways.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/a/awe_and_worship.htm">Awe and Worship</a></b><br>Reflecting on God's power in creation should lead us to worship and revere Him. Recognizing His majesty in the natural world can deepen our faith.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_timing.htm">Trust in God's Timing</a></b><br>The clouds do not burst until God allows it. Similarly, we can trust in God's perfect timing in the unfolding of events in our lives.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_job_26.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Job 26</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_job_26_8_conflict_with_meteorology.htm">Job 26:8: How can clouds hold vast amounts of water without breaking, and does this verse conflict with modern meteorological understanding? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_job_36_27-28_scientifically_accurate.htm">In Job 36:27-28, which describes God's hand in the water cycle, are there scientific inconsistencies in attributing weather events solely to divine intervention?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_job_28_25_align_with_divine_weather.htm">How does Job 28:25's statement about God 'weighing the wind' square with earlier biblical passages that treat weather as solely divine intervention?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_rain_solely_divine,_per_science.htm">Jeremiah 14:22: Is attributing rainfall solely to divine intervention consistent with modern scientific understanding of meteorology?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/job/26.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(8) <span class= "bld">He bindeth up the waters.</span>--The idea of the waters being bound up in the clouds, so that the clouds are not rent thereby, is similar to that in <a href="/genesis/1-7.htm" title="And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.">Genesis 1:7</a>. The conception is that of a vast treasury of water above the visible sky, which is kept there in apparent defiance of what we know as the laws of gravitation, and which all experience would show was liable to fall of itself.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/26.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 8.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds</span>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> he makes the clouds, that we see floating in the atmosphere, contain and hold the waters on which the productiveness of the earth depends, and which he restrains, or allows to fall in fertilizing rain, at his pleasure (comp. <a href="/1_kings/17-1.htm">1 Kings 17:1</a>). <span class="cmt_word">And the cloud is not rent under them</span>. The metaphor is, no doubt, drawn from those water-skins, so well known in the East, and especially in Arabia, in which men stored the water for their journeys and other needs, which were liable to be "rent" by the weight of the liquid within them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/26-8.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">He wraps up</span><br /><span class="heb">צֹרֵֽר־</span> <span class="translit">(ṣō·rêr-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6887.htm">Strong's 6887: </a> </span><span class="str2">To bind, tie up, be restricted, narrow, scant, or cramped</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the waters</span><br /><span class="heb">מַ֥יִם</span> <span class="translit">(ma·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4325.htm">Strong's 4325: </a> </span><span class="str2">Water, juice, urine, semen</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in His clouds,</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּעָבָ֑יו</span> <span class="translit">(bə·‘ā·ḇāw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - common plural construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5645.htm">Strong's 5645: </a> </span><span class="str2">An envelope, darkness, a, cloud, a copse</span><br /><br /><span class="word">yet the clouds</span><br /><span class="heb">עָנָ֣ן</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·nān)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6051.htm">Strong's 6051: </a> </span><span class="str2">A cloud, the nimbus, thunder-cloud</span><br /><br /><span class="word">do not</span><br /><span class="heb">וְלֹא־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·lō-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">burst</span><br /><span class="heb">נִבְקַ֖ע</span> <span class="translit">(niḇ·qa‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1234.htm">Strong's 1234: </a> </span><span class="str2">To cleave, to rend, break, rip, open</span><br /><br /><span class="word">under their own weight.</span><br /><span class="heb">תַּחְתָּֽם׃</span> <span class="translit">(taḥ·tām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8478.htm">Strong's 8478: </a> </span><span class="str2">The bottom, below, in lieu of</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/26-8.htm">Job 26:8 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/26-8.htm">Job 26:8 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/26-8.htm">Job 26:8 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/26-8.htm">Job 26:8 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/26-8.htm">Job 26:8 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/26-8.htm">Job 26:8 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/26-8.htm">Job 26:8 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/26-8.htm">Job 26:8 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/26-8.htm">Job 26:8 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/26-8.htm">Job 26:8 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/26-8.htm">OT Poetry: Job 26:8 He binds up the waters in his (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/26-7.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 26:7"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 26:7" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/26-9.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 26:9"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 26:9" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>