Job 26:8

KJV1611 – Modern English

He binds up the waters in His thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.

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  • Prov 30:4 : 4 Who has ascended into heaven, or descended? Who has gathered the wind in his fists? Who has bound the waters in a garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son's name, if you can tell?
  • Jer 10:13 : 13 When he utters his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens, and he causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he makes lightning with rain, and brings forth the wind from his storehouses.
  • Isa 5:6 : 6 And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor dug; but briers and thorns shall come up: 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 sky in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters. 7 And God made the sky and separated the waters which were under the sky from the waters which were above the sky; and it was so.
  • Job 36:29 : 29 Also can anyone understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tent?
  • Job 37:11-16 : 11 Also by watering he burdens the thick cloud, he scatters his bright cloud. 12 And it turns around by his counsel, so that they may do whatever he commands them on the face of the world in the earth. 13 He causes it to come, whether for correction, for his land, or for mercy. 14 Listen to this, O Job; stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God. 15 Do you know when God arranged them, and caused the light of his cloud to shine? 16 Do you know the balancing of the clouds, the wondrous works of him who is perfect in knowledge?
  • Job 38:9 : 9 When I made the cloud its garment, 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 flew: yea, he flew upon the wings of the wind. 11 He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion around him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
  • Ps 135:7 : 7 He causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he makes lightning for the rain; he brings the wind out of his treasuries.

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    10He has encircled the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.

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    11Also by watering he burdens the thick cloud, he scatters his bright cloud.

    12And it turns around by his counsel, so that they may do whatever he commands them on the face of the world in the earth.

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    32With clouds he covers the light; and commands it not to shine by the cloud that comes between.

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    27For he makes small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to their vapor:

    28Which the clouds drop and distill upon man abundantly.

    29Also can anyone understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tent?

    30Behold, he spreads his light upon it, and covers the bottom of the sea.

  • Prov 8:28-29
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    28When he established the clouds above; when he strengthened the fountains of the deep,

    29When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not go beyond his command; when he appointed the foundations of the earth,

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    11He binds the floods from overflowing; and the hidden thing he brings forth to light.

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    34Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, that an abundance of water may cover you?

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    12And he made darkness canopies around him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies.

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    11He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion around him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.

    12At the brightness before him his thick clouds passed, hailstones and coals of fire.

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    7He gathers the waters of the sea together as a heap; he lays up the depths in storehouses.

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    25To make a weight for the winds, and he measures the waters by measure.

    26When he made a decree for the rain, and a path for the lightning of the thunder,

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    15Behold, He withholds the waters, and they dry up: also He sends them out, and they overturn the earth.

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    7He causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he makes lightning for the rain; he brings the wind out of his treasuries.

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    25Who has divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder,

    26To cause it to rain on the earth where no one is, on the wilderness, where there is no man;

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    20By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.

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    18Have you with him spread out the sky, which is strong, and like a molten mirror?

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    23Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven,

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    11Or darkness, that you cannot see; and an abundance of waters covers you.