Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
yet the clouds do not burst beneath their weight.
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.
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.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 26:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
God's Power Over Creation
7
He hangs the earth on nothing.
yet the clouds do not burst beneath their weight.
spreading His cloud over it.
Names
Cross References
Proverbs 30:4
Who has gathered the wind in His hands?
Who has bound up the waters in a cloak?
Who has established all the ends of the earth?
What is His name,
and what is the name of His Son—
if you know?
Genesis 1:6-7
Then God said, “Let there be an expanse
Job 36:29
or how the thunder roars from God’s pavilion?
Job 37:11-16
He scatters His lightning through them.
Job 38:9
and thick darkness its blanket,
Job 38:37
Or who can tilt the water jars of heaven
Psalm 18:10-11
soaring on the wings of the wind.
Psalm 135:7
He makes lightning for the rain
and brings the wind from His storehouses.
Isaiah 5:6
It will not be pruned or weeded;
thorns and briers will grow up.
I will also give orders to the clouds
that rain should not fall on it.
Jeremiah 10:13
the waters in the heavens are in turmoil,
and He causes the clouds to rise
from the ends of the earth.
He makes lightning for the rain
and brings the wind from His storehouses.