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Job 26:8 — He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

bindeth up		Job 36:29; Job 38:9,37; Gen 1:6,7; Psa 135:7; Pro 30:4; Jer 10:13
thick clouds		Job 37:11-16; Psa 18:10,11
and the cloud		Isa 5:6

Correlating Passages

bindeth up

	Job 36:29	Also can [any] understand the spreadings of the clouds, [or] the noise of his tabernacle?
	Job 38:9	When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,
	Job 38:37	Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,
	Gen 1:6	And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
	Gen 1:7	And 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.
	Psa 135:7	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.
	Pro 30:4	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 what [is] his son's name, if thou canst tell?
	Jer 10:13	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 out of his treasures.

thick clouds

	Job 37:11	Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud:
	Job 37:12	And 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.
	Job 37:13	He causeth it to come, whether for correction, or for his land, or for mercy.
	Job 37:14	Hearken unto this, O Job: stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God.
	Job 37:15	Dost thou know when God disposed them, and caused the light of his cloud to shine?
	Job 37:16	Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him which is perfect in knowledge?
	Psa 18:10	And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.
	Psa 18:11	He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him [were] dark waters [and] thick clouds of the skies.

and the cloud

Isa 5:6

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.

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Scott, Thomas. "Job 26:8," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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