Job 26:8

Job 26:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.
• New International Version (NIV)He wraps up the waters in his clouds, yet the clouds do not burst under their weight.
• English Standard Version (ESV)He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not split open under them.
• New King James Version (NKJV)He binds up the water in His thick clouds, Yet the clouds are not broken under it.

Context of Job 26:8

6Sheol is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering. 7He stretcheth out the north over empty space, he hangeth the earth upon nothing; He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not rent under them. 9He covereth the face of his throne, he spreadeth his cloud upon it. 10He hath traced a fixed circle over the waters, unto the confines of light and darkness.

Job 26:8 word by word

צֹרֵֽר־מַ֥יִם בְּעָבָ֑יו וְלֹא־נִבְקַ֖ע עָנָ֣ן תַּחְתָּֽם׃Read the interlinear

• watersמַיmayim · waterH4325
• cloudsעָב‛âb · cloudH5645
• cloudעָנָן‛ânân · cloudH6051

Cross-references for Job 26:8

• Job 36:29But can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, [or] the crashing of his pavilion?
• Job 38:9When I made the cloud its garment, and thick darkness a swaddling band for it;
• Genesis 1:6And God said, Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it be a division between waters and waters.
• Psalms 135:7Who causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; who maketh lightnings for the rain; who bringeth the wind out of his treasuries:
• Proverbs 30:4Who hath ascended up into the heavens, and descended? Who hath gathered the wind in his fists? Who hath bound the waters in a mantle? Who hath established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou knowest?
• Jeremiah 10:13When he uttereth his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the end of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasuries.
• Job 37:11Also with plentiful moisture he loadeth the thick clouds, his light dispels the cloud;
• Psalms 18:10And he rode upon a cherub and did fly; yea, he flew fast upon the wings of the wind.
• Isaiah 5:6and I will make it a waste — it shall not be pruned nor cultivated, but there shall come up briars and thorns; and I will command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.

Commentaries on Job 26:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8He bindeth up the waters - Drives the aqueous particles together, which were raised by evaporation, so that, being condensed, they form clouds which float in the atmosphere, till, meeting with strong currents of wind, or by the agency of the electric fluid, they are farther condensed; and then, becoming too heavy to be sustained in the air, fall down in the form of rain, when, in this poetic language, the cloud is rent under them.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds - That is, he seems to do it, or to collect the waters in the clouds, as in bottles or vessels. The clouds appear to hold the waters, as if bound up, until he is pleased to send them drop by drop upon the earth. And the cloud is not rent under them - The wonder which Job here expresses is, that so large a quantity of water as is poured down from the clouds, should be held suspended in the air without seeming to…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-14Verses 5-14 Many 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 waters here below, we see his almighty power. If we consider hell beneath, though out of our sight, yet we may conceive the discoveries of God's power there. If we look up to heaven above, we see displays of God's almighty power. By his Spirit, the eternal Spirit that moved upon the face of…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5-145-14. As before in the ninth and twelfth chapters, Job had shown himself not inferior to the friends' inability to describe God's greatness, so now he describes it as manifested in hell (the world of the dead), Job 26:5, 6; on earth, Job 26:7; in the sky, Job 26:8-11; the sea, Job 26:12; the heavens, Job 26:13. Dead things are formed--Rather, "The souls of the dead (Rephaim) tremble." Not only does God's power exist, as Bildad says (Job 25:2), "in high…Read the comment

Topics related to Job 26:8

• God
• Meteorology and Celestial Phenomena
• Science

In the dictionaries

• Covering
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• Job, Book of

Commentaries on Job 26

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings