Job 26:8

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

צֹרֵֽר־מַ֥יִם בְּעָבָ֑יו וְלֹא־נִבְקַ֖ע עָנָ֣ן תַּחְתָּֽם׃

Transliteration

ṣōrēr-mayim bĕ-ʿābāyw wĕ-lōʾ-nibqaʿ ʿānān taḥtām

Grammar Details

• *ṣōrēr*: Qal participle, masculine singular - binding/tying up
• *mayim*: noun, masculine plural - waters
• *bĕ-ʿābāyw*: preposition + noun, masculine plural construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - in his clouds
• *wĕ-lōʾ-nibqaʿ*: waw conjunction + negative particle + Niphal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - and is not torn/split
• *ʿānān*: noun, masculine singular - cloud
• *taḥtām*: preposition + 3rd masculine plural suffix - beneath them

Word Meanings

• *ṣōrēr*: binding/tying up/wrapping/bundling
• *ʿābāyw*: his clouds/thick clouds
• *nibqaʿ*: torn/split/broken open
• *ʿānān*: cloud/cloud mass

Referenced Verses

• Prov 30:4 : 4 Who hath ascended up into heaven, and descended? Who hath gathered the wind in his fists? Who hath bound the waters in his garment? Who hath established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou knowest?
• Jer 10:13 : 13 when he uttereth his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasuries.
• Isa 5:6 : 6 and I will lay it waste; it shall not be pruned nor hoed; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
• Gen 1:6-7 : 6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. 7 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.
• Job 36:29 : 29 Yea, can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, The thunderings of his pavilion?
• Job 37:11-16 : 11 Yea, he ladeth the thick cloud with moisture; He spreadeth abroad the cloud of his lightning: 12 And it is turned round about by his guidance, That they may do whatsoever he commandeth them Upon the face of the habitable world, 13 Whether it be for correction, or for his land, Or for lovingkindness, that he cause it to come. 14 Hearken unto this, O Job: Stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God. 15 Dost thou know how God layeth [his charge] upon them, And causeth the lightning of his cloud to shine? 16 Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, The wondrous works of him who is perfect in knowledge?
• Job 38:9 : 9 When I made clouds the garment thereof, And thick darkness a swaddling-band for it,
• Job 38:37 : 37 Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of heaven,
• Ps 18:10-11 : 10 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly; Yea, he soared upon the wings of the wind. 11 He made darkness his hiding-place, his pavilion round about him, Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
• Ps 135:7 : 7 Who causeth the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; Who maketh lightnings for the rain; Who bringeth forth the wind out of his treasuries;