Job 26:8

“He binds up the waters in his clouds, and the cloud is not split beneath them.”

Job 26:8 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Job 26:8, word by word

He binds upצֹרֵרtsorer

bind

To tie or wrap something.

Where else “tsorer” appears
the watersמַיִםmayim

water

Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.

Where else “mayim” appears
in his cloudsעָבָיavay

thick cloud

A dark, laden cloud that brings rain or storm.

Where else “avay” appears
and the cloudעָנָןanan

cloud

A mass of vapor in the sky that gives shade, brings rain or covers the light.

Where else “anan” appears
splitנִבְקַעnivka

split

To cleave something in two, like wood or the sea.

Where else “nivka” appears

The context

7He stretches out the north over the void; he hangs the earth upon nothing.

8 · This verse (above)

9He covers the face of the throne; he spreads his cloud over it.

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