Job 26:8
Old Testament • 6 words with Strong's data
"He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them."
Word-by-Word Analysis
חָבַשׁ
châbash
to wrap firmly (especially a turban, compress, or saddle); figuratively, to stop, to rule
מַיִם
mayim
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
עָב
ʻâb
properly, an envelope, i.e. darkness (or density, 2 Chronicles 4:17); specifically, a (scud) cloud; also a copse
עָנָן
ʻânân
a cloud (as covering the sky), i.e. the nimbus or thunder-cloud
קָרַע
qâraʻ
to rend, literally or figuratively (revile, paint the eyes, as if enlarging them)
Key Terms in This Verse
חָבַשׁ châbash
to wrap firmly (especially a turban, compress, or saddle); figuratively, to stop, to rule
Study H2280 →עָב ʻâb
properly, an envelope, i.e. darkness (or density, 2 Chronicles 4:17); specifically, a (scud) cloud; also a copse
Study H5645 →קָרַע qâraʻ
to rend, literally or figuratively (revile, paint the eyes, as if enlarging them)
Study H7167 →עָנָן ʻânân
a cloud (as covering the sky), i.e. the nimbus or thunder-cloud
Study H6051 →Cross References
Who 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 w...
When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind ...
And 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.
Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,
He causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain; he bringeth the wind out of his treasuries.
When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,
Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle?
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