Job 26:8
Modern Translations
New International Version
He wraps up the waters in his clouds, yet the clouds do not burst under their weight.

New Living Translation
He wraps the rain in his thick clouds, and the clouds don’t burst with the weight.

English Standard Version
He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not split open under them.

Berean Study Bible
He wraps up the waters in His clouds, yet the clouds do not burst under their own weight.

New American Standard Bible
“He wraps up the waters in His clouds, And the cloud does not burst under them.

NASB 1995
"He wraps up the waters in His clouds, And the cloud does not burst under them.

NASB 1977
“He wraps up the waters in His clouds; And the cloud does not burst under them.

Amplified Bible
“He wraps the waters in His clouds [which otherwise would spill on earth all at once], And the cloud does not burst under them.

Christian Standard Bible
He wraps up the water in his clouds, yet the clouds do not burst beneath its weight.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He wraps up the waters in His clouds, yet the clouds do not burst beneath their weight.

Contemporary English Version
God stores water in clouds, but they don't burst,

Good News Translation
It is God who fills the clouds with water and keeps them from bursting with the weight.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He holds the water in his thick clouds, and the clouds don't [even] split under its [weight].

International Standard Version
"He restricts the waters within clouds and the clouds don't burst open under them.

NET Bible
He locks the waters in his clouds, and the clouds do not burst with the weight of them.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.

New King James Version
He binds up the water in His thick clouds, Yet the clouds are not broken under it.

King James 2000 Bible
He binds up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not torn under them.

New Heart English Bible
He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not burst under them.

World English Bible
He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not burst under them.

American King James 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.

A Faithful Version
He binds up the waters in His thick clouds; and the cloud is not torn under them.

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

English Revised Version
He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.

Webster's Bible Translation
He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
He bindeth the waters in his cloudes, and the cloude is not broken vnder them.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
He byndeth the water in his cloudes, & the cloude is not broken vnder them.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
He byndeth ye water in his cloudes, that they fall not downe together.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Binding up the waters in His thick clouds, "" And the cloud is not burst under them.

Young's Literal Translation
Binding up the waters in His thick clouds, And the cloud is not rent under them.

Smith's Literal Translation
He bound up the waters in his clouds, and the cloud was not rent under them.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
He bindeth up the waters in his clouds, so that they break not out and fall down together.

Catholic Public Domain Version
He secures the waters in his clouds, so that they do not burst forth downward all at once.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
He has bound the waters in his clouds and a cloud does not burst under them

Lamsa Bible
He binds up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
He bindeth up the waters in His thick clouds; And the cloud is not rent under them.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
binding water in his clouds, and the cloud is not rent under it.
















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