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Job 26

Job 26:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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He bindeth up
tsarar (Hebrew #6887)
to cramp, literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive (as follows)
KJV usage: adversary, (be in) afflict(-ion), beseige, bind (up), (be in, bring) distress, enemy, narrower, oppress, pangs, shut up, be in a strait (trouble), vex.
Pronounce: tsaw-rar'
Origin: a primitive root
x the waters
mayim (Hebrew #4325)
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
KJV usage: + piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).
Pronounce: mah'-yim
Origin: dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense)
in his thick clouds
`ab (Hebrew #5645)
from 5743; properly, an envelope, i.e. darkness (or density, 2 Chron. 4:17); specifically, a (scud) cloud; also a copse
KJV usage: clay, (thick) cloud, X thick, thicket. Compare 5672.
Pronounce: awb
Origin: (masculine and feminine)
; and the cloud
`anan (Hebrew #6051)
a cloud (as covering the sky), i.e. the nimbus or thunder-cloud
KJV usage: cloud(-y).
Pronounce: aw-nawn'
Origin: from 6049
is not rent
baqa` (Hebrew #1234)
to cleave; generally, to rend, break, rip or open
KJV usage: make a breach, break forth (into, out, in pieces, through, up), be ready to burst, cleave (asunder), cut out, divide, hatch, rend (asunder), rip up, tear, win.
Pronounce: baw-kah'
Origin: a primitive root
under them.
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Gen. 1:6‑7• 6And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
 7And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. (Gen. 1:6‑7)
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Prov. 30:4• 4Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou canst tell? (Prov. 30:4)

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Ministry on This Verse

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bindeth up.
Job 36:29• 29Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle? (Job 36:29)
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Job 38:9,37• 9When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,
 37Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven, (Job 38:9,37)
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Gen. 1:6‑7• 6And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
 7And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. (Gen. 1:6‑7)
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Psa. 135:7• 7He causeth the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain; he bringeth the wind out of his treasuries. (Psa. 135:7)
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Prov. 30:4• 4Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou canst tell? (Prov. 30:4)
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Jer. 10:13• 13When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures. (Jer. 10:13)
thick clouds.
Job 37:11‑16• 11Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud:
 12And it is turned round about by his counsels: that they may do whatsoever he commandeth them upon the face of the world in the earth.
 13He causeth it to come, whether for correction, or for his land, or for mercy.
 14Hearken unto this, O Job: stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God.
 15Dost thou know when God disposed them, and caused the light of his cloud to shine?
 16Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him which is perfect in knowledge? (Job 37:11‑16)
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Psa. 18:10‑11• 10And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.
 11He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies. (Psa. 18:10‑11)
and the cloud.
Isa. 5:6• 6And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it. (Isa. 5:6)
• He rules the clouds and the waters (vs. 8-10). (“Job 3-31” by S. Ridout)
• Job describes in beautifully poetic, and yet scientifically accurate language, the clouds as the containing vessels for the waters above the earth. It is God who gathers the vapors of the firmament and condenses them into the thick clouds. (“Job 3-31” by S. Ridout)
• If these waters were to be poured upon the earth without restraint, a destructive flood would be the result. He binds these waters in the clouds, and sends them down in gentle showers according to His will, and as needed by the thirsty earth. (“Job 3-31” by S. Ridout)

J. N. Darby Translation

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He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not rent under them.