Parallel Verses
American Standard Version
He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; And the cloud is not rent 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.
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.
Bible in Basic English
By him the waters are shut up in his thick clouds, and the cloud does not give way 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
Verse Info
Context Readings
God's Power Over Creation
7 He stretcheth out the north over empty space, 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 incloseth the face of his throne, And spreadeth his cloud upon it.
Names
Cross References
Proverbs 30:4
Who hath ascended up into heaven, and descended? Who hath gathered the wind in his fists? Who hath bound the waters in his garment? Who hath established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou knowest?
Genesis 1:6-7
And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
Job 36:29
Yea, can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, The thunderings of his pavilion?
Job 37:11-16
Yea, he ladeth the thick cloud with moisture; He spreadeth abroad the cloud of his lightning:
Job 38:9
When I made clouds the garment thereof, And thick darkness a swaddling-band for it,
Job 38:37
Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of heaven,
Psalm 18:10-11
And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly; Yea, he soared upon the wings of the wind.
Psalm 135:7
Who causeth the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; Who maketh lightnings for the rain; Who bringeth forth the wind out of his treasuries;
Isaiah 5:6
and I will lay it waste; it shall not be pruned nor hoed; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
Jeremiah 10:13
when he uttereth his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasuries.