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Job 26:8
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Job 26:8
8He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.
8Hee bindeth vp the waters in his thicke clouds, and the cloud is not rent vnder them.
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DEFINED WORDS
Job 26:8
Dense, deep, close, crowded, or not thin; also, to a great depth or in close succession.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Visible masses of condensed vapour in the sky; also figures of covering, multitude, or obscurity.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A visible mass of vapour in the sky; figuratively, a covering or multitude.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To rend: to tear or split apart; as a noun, a tear or split, or payment for the use of property, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
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Open the full verse study11Also 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?
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Open the full verse study4Who 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?
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Open the full verse study13When 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.
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Open the full verse study6And 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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Open the full verse study37Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,
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Open the full verse study9When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,
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Open the full verse study7He 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.
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Open the full verse study10And 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.
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Open the full verse study6¶ And 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.
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Open the full verse study29Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle?
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