Job 26:8
He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.
KJV
Qui ligat aquas in nubibus suis, ut non erumpant pariter deorsum.
Vulgate
δεσμεύων ὕδωρ ἐν νεφέλαις αὐτοῦ, καὶ οὐκ ἐρράγη νέφος ὑποκάτω αὐτοῦ·
LXX
He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; And the cloud is not rent under them.
ASV
צֹרֵֽר מַ֥יִם בְּ/עָבָ֑י/ו וְ/לֹא נִבְקַ֖ע עָנָ֣ן תַּחְתָּֽ/ם
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
ו
v
noun · 505×
י
y
verb · 53×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
מַ֖יִם
mym
noun · 580×
עָ֑ב
'b
noun · 32×
עָנָ֖ן
'nn
noun · 87×
תִּבָּקַ֥ע
tbq'
verb · 51×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Gen 1:6 — And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
- Isa 5:6 — And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
- Jer 10:13 — When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind
- Job 28:11 — He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.
- Job 36:29 — Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle?
- Job 37:11 — Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud:
- Job 38:9 — When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,
- Job 38:37 — Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,
- Prov 30:4 — Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and w
- Prov 30:4 — Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and w
- Ps 18:10 — And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.
- Ps 135:7 — He causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain; he bringeth the wind out of his treasuries.
- Ps 147:8 — Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.