Job 26:8

Geneva Bible (1560)

He bindeth the waters in his cloudes, and the cloude is not broken vnder them.

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  • Prov 30:4 : 4 Who hath ascended vp to heauen, and descended? Who hath gathered the winde in his fist? Who hath bound the waters in a garment? Who hath established all the endes of the world? What is his name, and what is his sonnes name, if thou canst tell?
  • Jer 10:13 : 13 Hee giueth by his voyce the multitude of waters in the heauen, and he causeth the cloudes to ascend from the endes of the earth: he turneth lightnings to rayne, and bringeth forth the winde out of his treasures.
  • Isa 5:6 : 6 And I will laye it waste: it shall not be cut, nor digged, but briers, and thornes shall growe vp: I will also commande the cloudes that they raine no raine vpon it.
  • Gen 1:6-7 : 6 Againe God saide, Let there be a firmament in the middes of the waters: and let it separate the waters from the waters. 7 Then God made the firmament, and separated the waters, which were vnder the firmament, from the waters which were aboue the firmament; it was so.
  • Job 36:29 : 29 Who can know the diuisions of ye clouds and the thunders of his tabernacle?
  • Job 37:11-16 : 11 He maketh also the cloudes to labour, to water the earth, and scattereth the cloude of his light. 12 And it is turned about by his gouernment, that they may doe whatsoeuer he commandeth them vpon the whole worlde: 13 Whether it be for punishment, or for his lande, or of mercie, he causeth it to come. 14 Hearken vnto this, O Iob: stand and consider the wonderous workes of God. 15 Diddest thou knowe when God disposed them? & caused the light of his cloud to shine? 16 Hast thou knowen the varietie of the cloude, and the wonderous workes of him, that is perfite in knowledge?
  • Job 38:9 : 9 When I made the cloudes as a couering thereof, and darkenesse as the swadeling bands thereof:
  • Job 38:37 : 37 Who can nomber cloudes by wisedome? Or who can cause to cease the bottels of heaue,
  • Ps 18:10-11 : 10 And he rode vpon Cherub and did flie, and he came flying vpon the wings of the winde. 11 He made darkenes his secrete place, and his pauilion round about him, euen darkenesse of waters, and cloudes of the ayre.
  • Ps 135:7 : 7 He bringeth vp the cloudes fro the ends of the earth, & maketh the lightnings with ye raine: he draweth foorth the winde out of his treasures.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 26:9-13
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    86%

    9 He holdeth backe the face of his throne: and spreadeth his cloude vpon it.

    10 He hath set bounds about the waters, vntil the day and night come to an ende.

    11 The pillars of heauen tremble and quake at his reproofe.

    12 The sea is calme by his power, and by his vnderstanding he smiteth the pride thereof.

    13 His Spirite hath garnished the heauens, & his hand hath formed the crooked serpent.

  • Job 37:11-12
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    11 He maketh also the cloudes to labour, to water the earth, and scattereth the cloude of his light.

    12 And it is turned about by his gouernment, that they may doe whatsoeuer he commandeth them vpon the whole worlde:

  • 32 He couereth the light with the clouds, and commandeth them to go against it.

  • Job 36:27-30
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    27 When he restraineth the droppes of water, the rayne powreth down by the vapour thereof,

    28 Which raine the cloudes do droppe and let fall abundantly vpon man.

    29 Who can know the diuisions of ye clouds and the thunders of his tabernacle?

    30 Beholde, he spreadeth his light vpon it, and couereth the bottome of the sea.

  • Prov 8:28-29
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    28 When he established the cloudes aboue, when he confirmed the fountaines of the deepe,

    29 When he gaue his decree to the Sea, that the waters shoulde not passe his commaundement: when he appointed the foundations of the earth,

  • 7 He stretcheth out the North ouer the emptie place, & hangeth the earth vpon nothing.

  • 11 He bindeth the floods, that they doe not ouerflowe, and the thing that is hid, bringeth he to light.

  • 14 The cloudes hide him that he can not see, and he walketh in the circle of heauen.

  • 34 Canst thou lift vp thy voice to the cloudes that the aboundance of water may couer thee?

  • 16 Hee giueth by his voyce the multitude of waters in the heauen, and he causeth the cloudes to ascend from the endes of the earth: he turneth lightnings to raine, and bringeth forth the winde out of his treasures.

  • 12 And hee made darkenesse a Tabernacle round about him, euen the gatherings of waters, and the cloudes of the ayre.

  • Jer 10:12-13
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    76%

    12 He hath made the earth by his power, and established the worlde by his wisedome, and hath stretched out the heauen by his discretion.

    13 Hee giueth by his voyce the multitude of waters in the heauen, and he causeth the cloudes to ascend from the endes of the earth: he turneth lightnings to rayne, and bringeth forth the winde out of his treasures.

  • Ps 18:11-12
    2 verses
    75%

    11 He made darkenes his secrete place, and his pauilion round about him, euen darkenesse of waters, and cloudes of the ayre.

    12 At the brightnes of his presence his clouds passed, haylestones and coles of fire.

  • 7 He gathereth the waters of the sea together as vpon an heape, and layeth vp the depths in his treasures.

  • Job 28:25-26
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    25 To make the weight of the windes, and to weigh the waters by measure.

    26 When he made a decree for the rayne, and a way for the lightening of the thunders,

  • 15 Beholde, he withholdeth the waters, and they drie vp: but when he sendeth them out, they destroy the earth.

  • 7 He bringeth vp the cloudes fro the ends of the earth, & maketh the lightnings with ye raine: he draweth foorth the winde out of his treasures.

  • 37 Who can nomber cloudes by wisedome? Or who can cause to cease the bottels of heaue,

  • Job 37:3-6
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    3 He directeth it vnder the whole heauen, and his light vnto the endes of the world.

    4 After it a noyse soundeth: hee thundereth with the voyce of his maiestie, and hee will not stay them when his voyce is heard.

    5 God thundereth marueilously with his voyce: he worketh great things, which we know not.

    6 For he sayth to the snowe, Be thou vpon the earth: likewise to the small rayne and to the great rayne of his power.

  • Job 37:15-16
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    15 Diddest thou knowe when God disposed them? & caused the light of his cloud to shine?

    16 Hast thou knowen the varietie of the cloude, and the wonderous workes of him, that is perfite in knowledge?

  • 9 When I made the cloudes as a couering thereof, and darkenesse as the swadeling bands thereof:

  • 3 Which layeth the beames of his chambers in the waters, and maketh the cloudes his chariot, and walketh vpon the wings of the winde.

  • Job 9:7-8
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    74%

    7 He commandeth the sunne, & it riseth not: hee closeth vp the starres, as vnder a signet.

    8 Hee himselfe alone spreadeth out the heauens, and walketh vpon the height of the sea.

  • Job 38:24-26
    3 verses
    74%

    24 By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the East winde vpon the earth?

    25 Who hath deuided the spowtes for the raine? Or the way for the lightning of ye thunders,

    26 To cause it to raine on the earth where no man is, and in the wildernes where there is no man?

  • 6 He buildeth his spheres in the heauen, and hath layde the foundation of his globe of elementes in the earth: hee calleth the waters of the sea, and powreth them out vpon the open earth: the Lorde is his Name.

  • 8 Fire and hayle, snowe and vapours, stormie winde, which execute his worde:

  • 20 By his knowledge the depthes are broken vp, and the cloudes droppe downe the dewe.

  • 8 Which couereth the heauen with cloudes, and prepareth raine for the earth, and maketh the grasse to growe vpon the mountaines:

  • 18 Hast thou stretched out the heaues, which are strong, and as a molten glasse?

  • 23 Yet he had comanded the clouds aboue, and had opened the doores of heauen,

  • 11 Or darkenes that thou shouldest not see, & abundance of waters shal couer thee.