Verse 8

By him the waters are shut up in his thick clouds, and the cloud does not give way under them.

Referenced Verses

  • Prov 30:4 : 4 Who has gone up to heaven and come down? who has taken the winds in his hands, prisoning the waters in his robe? by whom have all the ends of the earth been fixed? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if you are able to say?
  • Jer 10:13 : 13 At the sound of his voice there is a massing of waters in the heavens, and he makes the mists go up from the ends of the earth; he makes the thunder-flames for the rain, and sends out the wind from his store-houses.
  • Isa 5:6 : 6 And I will make it waste; its branches will not be touched with the knife, or the earth worked with the spade; but blackberries and thorns will come up in it: and I will give orders to the clouds not to send rain on it.
  • Gen 1:6-7 : 6 And God said, Let there be a solid arch stretching over the waters, parting the waters from the waters. 7 And God made the arch for a division between the waters which were under the arch and those which were over it: and it was so.
  • Job 36:29 : 29 And who has knowledge of how the clouds are stretched out, or of the thunders of his tent?
  • Job 37:11-16 : 11 The thick cloud is weighted with thunder-flame, and the cloud sends out its light; 12 And it goes this way and that, round about, turning itself by his guiding, to do whatever he gives orders to be done, on the face of his world of men, 13 For a rod, or for a curse, or for mercy, causing it to come on the mark. 14 Give ear to this, O Job, and keep quiet in your place; and take note of the wonders worked by God. 15 Have you knowledge of God's ordering of his works, how he makes the light of his cloud to be seen? 16 Have you knowledge of the balancings of the clouds, the wonders of him who has all wisdom?
  • Job 38:9 : 9 When I made the cloud its robe, and put thick clouds as bands round it,
  • Job 38:37 : 37 By whose wisdom are the clouds numbered, or the water-skins of the heavens turned to the earth,
  • Ps 18:10-11 : 10 And he went in flight through the air, seated on a storm-cloud: going quickly on the wings of the wind. 11 He made the dark his secret place; his tent round him was the dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
  • Ps 135:7 : 7 He makes the mists go up from the ends of the earth; he makes thunder-flames for the rain; he sends out the winds from his store-houses.