Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
[He] ties up [the] water in its clouds, and [the] cloud is not torn open beneath it.
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.
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.
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 He stretches out [the] north over emptiness; [he] hangs [the] earth {over nothing}. 8 [He] ties up [the] water in its clouds, and [the] cloud is not torn open beneath it. 9 [He] covers [the] face of [the] full moon; [he] spreads his cloud over it.
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Cross References
Proverbs 30:4
Who has ascended [to] heaven and come down? Who has gathered [the] wind in the hollow of his hand? Who has wrapped water in a garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What [is] his name and what is the name of his child? For [surely] you know.
Genesis 1:6-7
And God said, "Let there be a vaulted dome in the midst of the waters, and {let it cause a separation between the waters}."
Job 36:29
"Moreover, {can anyone understand} [the] spreading of clouds, [the] thundering of his dwelling place?
Job 37:11-16
Also, he loads down thick clouds with moisture; his lightning scatters [the] clouds.
Job 38:9
at my making [the] clouds its garment and thick darkness its swaddling band,
Job 38:37
Who can number [the] clouds with wisdom? Or who can tilt heaven's jars,
Psalm 18:10-11
And he mounted a cherub and flew, and he swooped down on wings of wind.
Psalm 135:7
[He] causes clouds to rise from the edge of the earth; he makes lightnings for the rain; [he] brings out [the] wind from his storehouses.
Isaiah 5:6
And I will make it a wasteland; it shall not be pruned and hoed, and it shall be overgrown [with] briers and thornbushes. And concerning the clouds, I will command {them not to send} rain down upon it.
Jeremiah 10:13
{When he utters his voice} [there is] a noise of water in the heavens, and he causes [the] mist to rise from [the] ends of the earth. He makes lightning for the rain, and he causes [the] wind to go out from his storehouses.