Job 26:8

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • 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.

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  • Job 26:9-13
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    9By him the face of his high seat is veiled, and his cloud stretched out over it.

    10By him a circle is marked out on the face of the waters, to the limits of the light and the dark.

    11The pillars of heaven are shaking, and are overcome by his sharp words.

    12By his power the sea was made quiet; and by his wisdom Rahab was wounded.

    13By his wind the heavens become bright: by his hand the quickly moving snake was cut through.

  • Job 37:11-12
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    11The thick cloud is weighted with thunder-flame, and the cloud sends out its light;

    12And 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,

  • 32He takes the light in his hands, sending it against the mark.

  • Job 36:27-30
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    79%

    27For he takes up the drops from the sea; he sends them through his mist as rain,

    28Flowing down from the sky, and dropping on the peoples.

    29And who has knowledge of how the clouds are stretched out, or of the thunders of his tent?

    30See, he is stretching out his mist, covering the tops of the mountains with it.

  • Prov 8:28-29
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    28When he made strong the skies overhead: when the fountains of the deep were fixed:

    29When he put a limit to the sea, so that the waters might not go against his word: when he put in position the bases of the earth:

  • 7By his hand the north is stretched out in space, and the earth is hanging on nothing.

  • 11He keeps back the streams from flowing, and makes the secret things come out into the light.

  • 14Thick clouds are covering him, so that he is unable to see; and he is walking on the arch of heaven.

  • 34Is your voice sent up to the cloud, so that you may be covered by the weight of waters?

  • 16At the sound of his voice there is a massing of the 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.

  • 12And he made the dark his tent round him, a mass of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

  • Jer 10:12-13
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    76%

    12He has made the earth by his power, he has made the world strong in its place by his wisdom, and by his wise design the heavens have been stretched out.

    13At 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.

  • Ps 18:11-12
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    75%

    11He made the dark his secret place; his tent round him was the dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.

    12Before his shining light his dark clouds went past, raining ice and fire.

  • 7He makes the waters of the sea come together in a mass; he keeps the deep seas in store-houses.

  • Job 28:25-26
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    25When he made a weight for the wind, measuring out the waters;

    26When he made a law for the rain, and a way for the thunder-flames;

  • 15Truly, he keeps back the waters and they are dry; he sends them out and the earth is overturned.

  • 7He 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.

  • 37By whose wisdom are the clouds numbered, or the water-skins of the heavens turned to the earth,

  • Job 37:3-6
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    3He sends it out through all the heaven, and his thunder-flame to the ends of the earth.

    4After it a voice is sounding, thundering out the word of his power; he does not keep back his thunder-flames; from his mouth his voice is sounding.

    5He does wonders, more than may be searched out; great things of which we have no knowledge;

    6For he says to the snow, Make the earth wet; and to the rain-storm, Come down.

  • Job 37:15-16
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    15Have you knowledge of God's ordering of his works, how he makes the light of his cloud to be seen?

    16Have you knowledge of the balancings of the clouds, the wonders of him who has all wisdom?

  • 9When I made the cloud its robe, and put thick clouds as bands round it,

  • 3The arch of your house is based on the waters; you make the clouds your carriage; you go on the wings of the wind:

  • Job 9:7-8
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    7Who gives orders to the sun, and it does not give its light; and who keeps the stars from shining.

    8By whose hand the heavens were stretched out, and who is walking on the waves of the sea:

  • Job 38:24-26
    3 verses
    74%

    24Which is the way to the place where the wind is measured out, and the east wind sent out over the earth?

    25By whom has the way been cut for the flowing of the rain, and the flaming of the thunder;

    26Causing rain to come on a land where no man is living, on the waste land which has no people;

  • 6It is he who makes his rooms in the heaven, basing his arch on the earth; whose voice goes out to the waters of the sea, and sends them flowing over the face of the earth; the Lord is his name.

  • 8Fire and rain of ice, snow and mists; storm-wind, doing his word:

  • 20By his knowledge the deep was parted, and dew came dropping from the skies.

  • 8By his hand the heaven is covered with clouds and rain is stored up for the earth; he makes the grass tall on the mountains.

  • 18Will you, with him, make the skies smooth, and strong as a polished looking-glass?

  • 23And he gave orders to the clouds on high, and the doors of heaven were open;

  • 11Your light is made dark so that you are unable to see, and you are covered by a mass of waters.