Job 26:8

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He binds up the waters in his clouds, yet the cloud is not torn apart beneath them.

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  • Prov 30:4 : 4 Who has ascended to heaven and come down? Who has gathered the wind in his hands? Who has wrapped the waters in a cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is the name of his son? Surely you know!
  • Jer 10:13 : 13 At the sound of His thunder, water roars in the heavens. He causes clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He makes lightning for the rain and brings wind out of His storehouses.
  • Isa 5:6 : 6 I will make it a wasteland; it will neither be pruned nor hoed, and briers and thorns will grow there. I will also command the clouds not to rain on it.
  • Gen 1:6-7 : 6 Then God said, 'Let there be a vault between the waters to separate water from water.' 7 So God made the vault and separated the water under the vault from the water above it. And it was so.
  • Job 36:29 : 29 Moreover, can anyone understand the expanse of the clouds, or the thunderings of His pavilion?
  • Job 37:11-16 : 11 Even with moisture, He loads the thick clouds and scatters His lightning from them. 12 They turn and shift by His guidance, to carry out all that He commands across the surface of the earth. 13 Whether for correction, or for His land, or for His mercy, He causes it to happen. 14 Listen to this, Job; stand still and consider the wonders of God. 15 Do you know how God orders them and how He causes the lightning of His clouds to shine? 16 Do you understand the balancings of the clouds, the wonders of Him who has perfect knowledge?
  • Job 38:9 : 9 when I made the clouds its garment and wrapped it in thick darkness,
  • Job 38:37 : 37 Who can count the clouds with wisdom or tilt the water jars of the heavens,
  • Ps 18:10-11 : 10 He parted the heavens and came down; dark clouds were under His feet. 11 He mounted a cherub and flew; He soared on the wings of the wind.
  • Ps 135:7 : 7 He brings up clouds from the ends of the earth; He makes lightning for the rain and brings out the wind from His storehouses.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 26:9-13
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    9 He covers the face of his throne and spreads his cloud over it.

    10 He inscribed a circle on the face of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness.

    11 The pillars of heaven tremble and are astounded at his rebuke.

    12 By his power he stilled the sea, and by his understanding he struck down Rahab.

    13 By his breath the heavens were made fair; his hand pierced the fleeing serpent.

  • Job 37:11-12
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    11 Even with moisture, He loads the thick clouds and scatters His lightning from them.

    12 They turn and shift by His guidance, to carry out all that He commands across the surface of the earth.

  • 32 He covers His hands with the lightning and commands it to strike its target.

  • Job 36:27-30
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    27 For He draws up the drops of water; they distill as rain into His mist.

    28 The clouds pour it out; they drip upon mankind in abundance.

    29 Moreover, can anyone understand the expanse of the clouds, or the thunderings of His pavilion?

    30 Behold, He spreads His light over it and covers the depths of the sea.

  • Prov 8:28-29
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    28 When He strengthened the clouds above, when the springs of the deep became strong.

    29 When He set the boundary for the sea so the waters would not overstep His command, and when He marked out the foundations of the earth.

  • 7 He stretches out the north over empty space; he hangs the earth upon nothing.

  • 11 He dams up streams to stop their flow, and brings to light what is hidden.

  • 14 Clouds cover Him so He cannot see as He walks on the circle of the heavens.

  • 34 Can you raise your voice to the clouds and cover yourself with a flood of water?

  • 16 When He utters His voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He makes lightning for the rain and brings forth wind from His storehouses.

  • 12 He made darkness his covering around him, dense clouds of water and thick clouds of the skies.

  • Jer 10:12-13
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    12 God made the earth by His power; He established the world by His wisdom and stretched out the heavens by His understanding.

    13 At the sound of His thunder, water roars in the heavens. He causes clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He makes lightning for the rain and brings wind out of His storehouses.

  • Ps 18:11-12
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    11 He mounted a cherub and flew; He soared on the wings of the wind.

    12 He made darkness His covering, His canopy around Him—the dark rain clouds of the skies.

  • 7 He gathers the waters of the sea like a heap; He puts the depths into storehouses.

  • Job 28:25-26
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    25 When He gave weight to the wind and measured the waters by measure,

    26 when He made a decree for the rain and a path for the thunderbolt,

  • 15 "If He holds back the waters, they dry up; if He sends them out, they overwhelm the earth."

  • 7 He brings up clouds from the ends of the earth; He makes lightning for the rain and brings out the wind from His storehouses.

  • 37 Who can count the clouds with wisdom or tilt the water jars of the heavens,

  • Job 37:3-6
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    3 He unleashes it under the whole sky, and His lightning to the edges of the earth.

    4 After it, His voice roars; He thunders with His majestic voice, and He does not hold them back when His voice is heard.

    5 God thunders marvelously with His voice; He performs great wonders that we cannot comprehend.

    6 He says to the snow, 'Fall on the earth,' and to the rain showers, 'Be strong.'

  • Job 37:15-16
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    15 Do you know how God orders them and how He causes the lightning of His clouds to shine?

    16 Do you understand the balancings of the clouds, the wonders of Him who has perfect knowledge?

  • 9 when I made the clouds its garment and wrapped it in thick darkness,

  • 3 He lays the beams of His upper chambers in the waters; He makes the clouds His chariot and walks on the wings of the wind.

  • Job 9:7-8
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    7 He commands the sun not to rise, and seals up the stars.

    8 He alone stretches out the heavens and treads on the waves of the sea.

  • Job 38:24-26
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    24 What is the way to the place where the light is divided, or the east wind scattered over the earth?

    25 Who cuts a channel for the torrents of rain and a path for the thunderstorm,

    26 to water a land where no man lives, an uninhabited desert,

  • 6 He builds His chambers in the heavens and establishes His vault upon the earth. He summons the waters of the sea and pours them out on the face of the earth—the Lord is His name.

  • 8 fire and hail, snow and mist, stormy winds obeying His word,

  • 20 By His knowledge the depths were divided, and the clouds drop down dew.

  • 8 He covers the sky with clouds; He prepares rain for the earth; He makes the mountains sprout grass.

  • 18 Can you spread out the skies with Him, as firm as a molten mirror?

  • 23 Yet He commanded the skies above and opened the doors of heaven.

  • 11 It is so dark you cannot see, and a flood of waters covers you.