Job 26:8

God's Power Over Creation

⁷ “He stretches out the north over empty space
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 obscures the face of the full moon
And spreads His cloud over it.

On Earth

Thick Cloud

Job

Proverbs 30:4

Who has ascended into heaven and descended?
Who has gathered the wind in His fists?
Who has wrapped the waters in His garment?
Who has established all the ends of the earth?
What is His name or His son’s name?
Surely you know!

Genesis 1:6-7

Then 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 thundering of His pavilion?

Job 37:11-16

“Also with moisture He loads the thick cloud;
He disperses the cloud of His lightning.

Job 38:9

When I made a cloud its garment
And thick darkness its swaddling band,

Job 38:37

“Who can count the clouds by wisdom,
Or tip the water jars of the heavens,

Psalm 18:10-11

He rode upon a cherub and flew;
And He sped upon the wings of the wind.

Psalm 135:7

He causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth;
Who makes lightnings for the rain,
Who brings forth the wind from His treasuries.

Isaiah 5:6

“I will lay it waste;
It will not be pruned or hoed,
But briars and thorns will come up.
I will also charge the clouds to rain no rain on it.”

Jeremiah 10:13

When He utters His voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens,
And He causes the clouds to ascend from the end of the earth;
He makes lightning for the rain,
And brings out the wind from His storehouses.