Job 26:8
Binding up the waters in His thick clouds, || And the cloud is not burst under them.
Literal Standard 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
7Stretching out the north over desolation, || Hanging the earth on nothing,
9Taking hold of the face of the throne, || Spreading His cloud over it.
Cross References
Genesis 1:7And God makes the expanse, and it separates between the waters which [are] under the expanse, and the waters which [are] above the expanse: and it is so.
Job 37:11Indeed, by filling He presses out a cloud, [and] His light scatters a cloud.
Job 38:37Who numbers the clouds by wisdom? And the bottles of the heavens, || Who causes to lie down,
Psalms 135:7Causing vapors to ascend from the end of the earth, || He has made lightnings for the rain, || Bringing forth wind from His treasures.
Proverbs 30:4Who went up to the heavens, and comes down? Who has gathered the wind in His fists? Who has bound waters in a garment? Who established all ends of the earth? What [is] His Name? And what [is] His Son’s Name? Surely you know!
Jeremiah 10:13When He gives forth His voice, || A multitude of waters [is] in the heavens, || And He causes vapors to come up from the end of the earth, || He has made lightnings for rain, || And brings out wind from 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 →