Job 26:8
He bindeth up the waters in his clouds, so that they break not out and fall down together.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 the empty space, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.
9He withholdeth the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud over it.
Cross References
Genesis 1:7And God made a firmament, and divided the waters that were under the firmament, from those that were above the firmament, and it was so.
Job 37:11Corn desireth clouds, and the clouds spread their light :
Job 38:37Who can declare the order of the heavens, or who can make the harmony of heaven to sleep?
Proverbs 30:4Who hath ascended up into heaven, and descended? who hath held the wind in his hands? who hath bound up the waters together as in a garment? who hath raised up all the borders of the earth? what is his name, and what is the name of his son, if thou knowest?
Jeremiah 10:13At his voice he giveth a multitude of waters in the heaven, and lifteth up the clouds from the ends of the earth: he maketh lightnings for rain, and bringeth for the wind out of his treasures.
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 →