Job 26:8

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

Binding up the waters in His thick clouds, And the cloud is not rent under them.

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  • Prov 30:4 : 4 Who went up to heaven, and cometh down? Who hath gathered the wind in his fists? Who hath bound waters in a garment? Who established all ends of the earth? What `is' His name? and what His son's name? Surely thou knowest!
  • Jer 10:13 : 13 At the voice He giveth forth, A multitude of waters `is' in the heavens, And He causeth vapours to come up from the end of the earth, Lightnings for rain He hath made, And bringeth out wind from His treasures.
  • Isa 5:6 : 6 And I make it a waste, It is not pruned, nor arranged, And gone up have brier and thorn, And on the thick clouds I lay a charge, From raining upon it rain.
  • Gen 1:6-7 : 6 And God saith, `Let an expanse be in the midst of the waters, and let it be separating between waters and waters.' 7 And God maketh the expanse, and it separateth between the waters which `are' under the expanse, and the waters which `are' above the expanse: and it is so.
  • Job 36:29 : 29 Yea, doth `any' understand The spreadings out of a cloud? The noises of His tabernacle?
  • Job 37:11-16 : 11 Yea, by filling He doth press out a cloud, Scatter a cloud doth His light. 12 And it is turning itself round by His counsels, For their doing all He commandeth them, On the face of the habitable earth. 13 Whether for a rod, or for His land, Or for kindness -- He doth cause it to come. 14 Hear this, O Job, Stand and consider the wonders of God. 15 Dost thou know when God doth place them, And caused to shine the light of His cloud? 16 Dost thou know the balancings of a cloud? The wonders of the Perfect in knowledge?
  • Job 38:9 : 9 In My making a cloud its clothing, And thick darkness its swaddling band,
  • Job 38:37 : 37 Who doth number the clouds by wisdom? And the bottles of the heavens, Who doth cause to lie down,
  • Ps 18:10-11 : 10 And He rideth on a cherub, and doth fly, And He flieth on wings of wind. 11 He maketh darkness His secret place, Round about Him His tabernacle, Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
  • Ps 135:7 : 7 Causing vapours to ascend from the end of the earth, Lightnings for the rain He hath made, Bringing forth wind from His treasures.

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    9Taking hold of the face of the throne, Spreading over it His cloud.

    10A limit He hath placed on the waters, Unto the boundary of light with darkness.

    11Pillars of the heavens do tremble, And they wonder because of His rebuke.

    12By His power He hath quieted the sea, And by His understanding smitten the proud.

    13By His Spirit the heavens He beautified, Formed hath His hand the fleeing serpent.

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    11Yea, by filling He doth press out a cloud, Scatter a cloud doth His light.

    12And it is turning itself round by His counsels, For their doing all He commandeth them, On the face of the habitable earth.

  • 32By two palms He hath covered the light, And layeth a charge over it in meeting,

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    27When He doth diminish droppings of the waters, They refine rain according to its vapour,

    28Which clouds do drop, They distil on man abundantly.

    29Yea, doth `any' understand The spreadings out of a cloud? The noises of His tabernacle?

    30Lo, He hath spread over it His light, And the roots of the sea He hath covered,

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    28In His strengthening clouds above, In His making strong fountains of the deep,

    29In His setting for the sea its limit, And the waters transgress not His command, In His decreeing the foundations of earth,

  • 7Stretching out the north over desolation, Hanging the earth upon nothing,

  • 11From overflowing floods he hath bound, And the hidden thing bringeth out `to' light.

  • 14Thick clouds `are' a secret place to Him, And He doth not see;' And the circle of the heavens He walketh habitually,

  • 34Dost thou lift up to the cloud thy voice, And abundance of water doth cover thee?

  • 16At the voice He giveth forth, A multitude of waters `are' in the heavens, And He causeth vapours to come up from the end of the earth, Lightnings for rain He hath made, And He bringeth out wind from His treasures.

  • 12And He setteth darkness Round about Him -- tabernacles, Darkness of waters -- thick clouds of the skies.

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    12The maker of the earth by His power, The establisher of the world by His wisdom, Who, by His understanding, stretched forth the heavens,

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    11He maketh darkness His secret place, Round about Him His tabernacle, Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

    12From the brightness over-against Him His thick clouds have passed on, Hail and coals of fire.

  • 7Gathering as a heap the waters of the sea, Putting in treasuries the depths.

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    25To make for the wind a weight, And the waters He meted out in measure.

    26In His making for the rain a limit, And a way for the brightness of the voices,

  • 15Lo, He keepeth in the waters, and they are dried up, And he sendeth them forth, And they overturn the land.

  • 7Causing vapours to ascend from the end of the earth, Lightnings for the rain He hath made, Bringing forth wind from His treasures.

  • 37Who doth number the clouds by wisdom? And the bottles of the heavens, Who doth cause to lie down,

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    3Under the whole heavens He directeth it, And its light `is' over the skirts of the earth.

    4After it roar doth a voice -- He thundereth with the voice of His excellency, And He doth not hold them back, When His voice is heard.

    5God thundereth with His voice wonderfully, Doing great things and we know not.

    6For to snow He saith, `Be `on' the earth.' And the small rain and great rain of His power.

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    15Dost thou know when God doth place them, And caused to shine the light of His cloud?

    16Dost thou know the balancings of a cloud? The wonders of the Perfect in knowledge?

  • 9In My making a cloud its clothing, And thick darkness its swaddling band,

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    24Where `is' this, the way light is apportioned? It scattereth an east wind over the earth.

    25Who hath divided for the flood a conduit? And a way for the lightning of the voices?

    26To cause `it' to rain on a land -- no man, A wilderness -- no man in it.

  • 6Who is building in the heavens His upper chambers; As to His troop, Upon earth He hath founded it, Who is calling for the waters of the sea, And poureth them out on the face of the land, Jehovah `is' His name.

  • 8Fire and hail, snow and vapour, Whirlwind doing His word;

  • 20By His knowledge depths have been rent, And clouds do drop dew.

  • 8Who is covering the heavens with clouds, Who is preparing for the earth rain, Who is causing grass to spring up `on' mountains,

  • 18Thou hast made an expanse with Him For the clouds -- strong as a hard mirror!

  • 23And He commandeth clouds from above, Yea, doors of the heavens He hath opened.

  • 11Or darkness -- thou dost not see, And abundance of waters doth cover thee.