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 northern sky over empty space, and hangs the earth upon 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 his cloud over it.

Cross References

Proverbs 30:4

Who ascended up into heaven, or descended? Who gathered the wind in his hands? Who bound the waters in a garment? Who established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son's name, if you can tell me?

Genesis 1:6-7

Then God said: Let there be an expanse in the middle of the waters. Let it separate the waters from the waters.

Job 36:29

Who can understand how he spreads out the clouds, how he thunders from his pavilion?

Job 37:11-16

He loads the thick cloud with moisture and disperses with lighting.

Job 38:9

When I made the clouds its garment and wrapped it in thick darkness,

Job 38:37

Who has the wisdom to count the clouds? Who can tip over the water jars of the heavens?

Psalm 18:10-11

He rode on a cherub and he flew. Yes he did soar on the wings of the wind.

Psalm 135:7

He causes the vapors to rise from the ends of the earth. He makes lightning for the rain. He brings wind out of his storehouses.

Isaiah 5:6

It will turn into a desert, neither pruned nor cultivated. It will be covered with thorns and briars. I will command the clouds not to send rain.

Jeremiah 10:13

He speaks, and the water in the sky produces a storm. He makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth. He makes lightning flash with the rain. He brings wind out of his storehouses.

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