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Bible in Basic English
By him the waters are shut up in his thick clouds, and the cloud does not give way under them.
New American Standard Bible
And the cloud does not burst under them.
King James Version
He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.
Holman Bible
yet the clouds do not burst beneath their weight.
International Standard Version
"He restricts the waters within clouds and the clouds don't burst open under them.
A Conservative Version
He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not rent under them.
American Standard Version
He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; And the cloud is not rent under them.
Amplified
“He wraps the waters in His clouds [which otherwise would spill on earth all at once],
And the cloud does not burst under them.
Darby Translation
He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not rent under them.
Julia Smith Translation
He bound up the waters in his clouds, and the cloud was not rent under them.
King James 2000
He binds up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not torn under them.
Lexham Expanded Bible
[He] ties up [the] water in its clouds, and [the] cloud is not torn open beneath it.
Modern King James verseion
He binds up the waters in His thick clouds; and the cloud is not torn under them.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
He bindeth the water in his clouds, and the cloud is not broken under them.
NET Bible
He locks the waters in his clouds, and the clouds do not burst with the weight of them.
New Heart English Bible
He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not burst under them.
The Emphasized Bible
Who bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not rent beneath them;
Webster
He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.
World English Bible
He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not burst under them.
Youngs Literal Translation
Binding up the waters in His thick clouds, And the cloud is not rent under them.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 26:8
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Context Readings
God's Power Over Creation
7 By his hand the north is stretched out in space, and the earth is hanging on nothing. 8 By him the waters are shut up in his thick clouds, and the cloud does not give way under them. 9 By him the face of his high seat is veiled, and his cloud stretched out over it.
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Cross References
Proverbs 30:4
Who has gone up to heaven and come down? who has taken the winds in his hands, prisoning the waters in his robe? by whom have all the ends of the earth been fixed? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if you are able to say?
Genesis 1:6-7
And God said, Let there be a solid arch stretching over the waters, parting the waters from the waters.
Job 36:29
And who has knowledge of how the clouds are stretched out, or of the thunders of his tent?
Job 37:11-16
The thick cloud is weighted with thunder-flame, and the cloud sends out its light;
Job 38:9
When I made the cloud its robe, and put thick clouds as bands round it,
Job 38:37
By whose wisdom are the clouds numbered, or the water-skins of the heavens turned to the earth,
Psalm 18:10-11
And he went in flight through the air, seated on a storm-cloud: going quickly on the wings of the wind.
Psalm 135:7
He makes the mists go up from the ends of the earth; he makes thunder-flames for the rain; he sends out the winds from his store-houses.
Isaiah 5:6
And I will make it waste; its branches will not be touched with the knife, or the earth worked with the spade; but blackberries and thorns will come up in it: and I will give orders to the clouds not to send rain on it.
Jeremiah 10:13
At the sound of his voice there is a massing of waters in the heavens, and he makes the mists go up from the ends of the earth; he makes the thunder-flames for the rain, and sends out the wind from his store-houses.