Job 26:8
Who bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not rent beneath them;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.
In Context
7Who stretcheth out the north over emptiness, hangeth the earth upon nothingness;
9Who shutteth-in the face of the throne, he spreadeth over it his cloud;
Cross References
Genesis 1:7And God made the expanse, and it divided between the waters that were under the expanse and the waters that were above the expanse. And it was so.
Job 37:11Also, with moisture, burdeneth he the thick cloud, He disperseth his lightning-cloud;
Job 38:37Who can count the thin clouds, in wisdom? And, the bottles of the heavens, who can empty out;
Psalms 135:7Causing vapours to ascend from the end of the earth,—Lightnings for the rain, hath he made, bringing forth wind out of his treasuries.
Proverbs 30:4Who hath ascended the heavens and then descended? Who hath gathered the wind into his two hands? Who hath wrapped up the waters in a mantle? Who hath set up all the ends of the earth? What is his name and what the name of his son, when thou knowest?
Jeremiah 10:13At the voice that he uttered, there was a tumult of waters in the heavens, And he caused vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth,—The lightnings for rain, he made, And brought forth wind out of his treasuries.
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 →