Job 26:8

King James 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

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Referenced Verses

Prov 30:4 : 4 Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou canst tell?
Jer 10:13 : 13 When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.
Isa 5:6 : 6 And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; 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 Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle?
Job 37:11-16 : 11 Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud: 12 And it is turned round about by his counsels: that they may do whatsoever he commandeth them upon the face of the world in the earth. 13 He causeth it to come, whether for correction, or for his land, or for mercy. 14 Hearken unto this, O Job: stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God. 15 Dost thou know when God disposed them, and caused the light of his cloud to shine? 16 Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him which is perfect in knowledge?
Job 38:9 : 9 When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,
Job 38:37 : 37 Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,
Ps 18:10-11 : 10 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind. 11 He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
Ps 135:7 : 7 He causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain; he bringeth the wind out of his treasuries.

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