Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

“He wraps up the waters in His clouds,
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

He wraps up the waters in His clouds,
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.

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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
He bindeth up
צרר 
Tsarar 
Usage: 54

עב 
`ab 
Usage: 32

and the cloud
ענן 
`anan 
Usage: 87

is not rent
בּקע 
Baqa` 
Usage: 51

References

Fausets

Hastings

Context Readings

God's Power Over Creation

7 He stretches out the north over the void and hangs the earth on nothing. 8 “He wraps up the waters in His clouds,
And the cloud does not burst under them.
9 He covers the face of the full moon and spreads over it his cloud.

Cross References

Proverbs 30:4

Who has ascended to heaven and come down? Who has gathered the wind in his fists? Who has wrapped up the waters in a garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son's name? Surely you know!

Genesis 1:6-7

And God said, "Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters."

Job 36:29

Can anyone understand the spreading of the clouds, the thunderings of his pavilion?

Job 37:11-16

He loads the thick cloud with moisture; the clouds scatter his lightning.

Job 38:9

when I made clouds its garment and thick darkness its swaddling band,

Job 38:37

Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can tilt the waterskins of the heavens,

Psalm 18:10-11

He rode on a cherub and flew; he came swiftly on the wings of the wind.

Psalm 135:7

He it is who makes the clouds rise at the end of the earth, who makes lightnings for the rain and brings forth the wind from his storehouses.

Isaiah 5:6

I will make it a waste; it shall not be pruned or hoed, and briers and thorns shall grow up; I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.

Jeremiah 10:13

When he utters his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he makes the mist rise from the ends of the earth. He makes lightning for the rain, and he brings forth the wind from his storehouses.

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