Job 26:8
He secures the waters in his clouds, so that they do not burst forth downward all at once.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.
In Context
7He stretched out the North over emptiness, and he suspended the land over nothing.
9He holds back the face of his throne, and he stretches his cloud over it.
Cross References
Genesis 1:7And God made a firmament, and he divided the waters that were under the firmament, from those that were above the firmament. And so it became.
Job 37:11Crops desire clouds, and the clouds scatter their light.
Job 38:37Who can describe the rules of the heavens, or who can put to rest the harmony of heaven?
Psalms 135:7He made the great lights, for his mercy is eternal:
Proverbs 30:4Who has ascended to heaven and also descended? Who has grasped the wind in his hands? Who has tied the waters together, as with a garment? Who has raised all the limits of the earth? What is his name, and what is the name of his son, if you know?
Jeremiah 10:13At his voice, he grants a multitude of waters in the heavens, and he lifts up the clouds from the ends of the earth. He causes the lightning with the rain, and he leads forth the wind from his storehouses.
Matthew Henry on Job 26:6-14
The Wisdom and Power of God. ( b. c. 1520.) 5 Dead things are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof. 6 Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering. 7 He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing. 8 He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them. 9 He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it. 10 He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end. 11… Read the whole commentary →