Job 26:8
He bound up the waters in his clouds; and the cloud bursteth not under their weight;
Leeser Tanakh
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 empty space; he suspended the earth on nothing;
9He closed up the surface of his throne, spreading over it his cloud;
Cross References
Genesis 1:7And God made the expansion, and divided between the waters which were under the expansion and the waters which were above the expansion: and it was so.
Job 37:11Also with moisture he loadeth the cloud; [and] he scattereth the cloud of his lightning;
Job 38:37Who ordaineth the skies with wisdom? or who emptieth out the bottles of heaven.
Psalms 135:7He causeth clouds to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings with the rain; he bringeth forth the wind out of his treasuries.
Proverbs 30:4Who was it that ascended into heaven, and came down again? who gathered the wind in his fists? who bound the waters in a garment? who set up all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou knowest it?”
Jeremiah 10:13At the sound when he giveth a multitude of waters in the heavens, and causeth clouds to ascend from the ends of the earth; when he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth 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 →