Job 26:8
He wraps up the waters in His clouds, yet the clouds do not burst under their own weight.
Majority Standard Bible
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 stretches out the north over empty space; He hangs the earth upon nothing.
9He covers the face of the full moon, spreading over it His cloud.
Cross References
Genesis 1:7So God made the expanse and separated the waters beneath it from the waters above. And it was so.
Job 37:11He loads the clouds with moisture; He scatters His lightning through them.
Job 38:37Who has the wisdom to count the clouds? Or who can tilt the water jars of the heavens
Psalms 135:7He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He generates the lightning with the rain and brings forth the wind from His storehouses.
Proverbs 30:4Who has ascended to heaven and come down? Who has gathered the wind in His hands? Who has bound up the waters in His cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name, and what is the name of His Son—surely you know!
Jeremiah 10:13When He thunders, the waters in the heavens roar; He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He generates the lightning with the rain and brings 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 →