Job 26:8

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He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.	He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.	He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

He bindeth up^H6887 the waters^H4325 in his thick clouds^H5645; and the cloud^H6051 is not rent^H1234 under them.

Original Hebrew

צֹרֵר־מַיִם בְּעָבָיו וְלֹא־נִבְקַע עָנָן תַּחְתָּם׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
צֹרֵֽר	tzo.rer-	H6887	HVqrmsa	(he) binds up
מַ֥יִם	Ma.yim	H4325	HNcmpa	waters
בְּ/עָבָ֑י/ו	be./'a.Va/v	H5645	HR/Ncbpc/Sp3ms	in/ clouds/ his
וְ/לֹא	ve./lo'-	H3808	HC/Tn	and/ not
נִבְקַ֖ע	niv.Ka'	H1234	HVNp3ms	it is split open
עָנָ֣ן	'a.Nan	H6051	HNcmsa	(the) cloud
תַּחְתָּֽ/ם	tach.Ta/m	H8478	HR/Sp3mp	under/ them

Strong's References

H1234 — בָּקַע (bâqaʻ, baw-kah'): a primitive root; to cleave; generally, to rend, break, rip or open; make a breach, break forth (into, out, in pieces, through, up), be ready to burst, cleave (asunder), cut out, divide, hatch, rend (asunder), rip up, tear, win.
H4325 — מַיִם (mayim, mah'-yim): dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense); water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen; [phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).
H5645 — עָב (ʻâb, awb): (masculine and feminine); from עוּב (ʻûwb) H5743; properly, an envelope, i.e. darkness (or density, 2 Chronicles 4:17); specifically, a (scud) cloud; also a copse; clay, (thick) cloud, [idiom] thick, thicket. Compare עֲבִי (ʻăbîy) H5672.
H6051 — עָנָן (ʻânân, aw-nawn'): from עָנַן (ʻânan) H6049; a cloud (as covering the sky), i.e. the nimbus or thunder-cloud; cloud(-y).
H6887 — צָרַר (tsârar, tsaw-rar'): a primitive root; to cramp, literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive; adversary, (be in) afflict(-ion), beseige, bind (up), (be in, bring) distress, enemy, narrower, oppress, pangs, shut up, be in a strait (trouble), vex.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

H3808 — לֹא (lôʼ, lo): or לוֹא (lôwʼ); or לֹה (lôh); (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles; [idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as truly as, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] verily, for want, [phrase] whether, without.
H8478 — תַּחַת (tachath, takh'-ath): from the same as תּוֹחַ (Tôwach) H8430; the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc.; as, beneath, [idiom] flat, in(-stead), (same) place (where...is), room, for...sake, stead of, under, [idiom] unto, [idiom] when...was mine, whereas, (where-) fore, with.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References

and the cloud — Isaiah 5:6
bindeth up — Genesis 1:6-7, Job 36:29, Job 38:9, Job 38:37, Psalms 135:7, Proverbs 30:4, Jeremiah 10:13
thick clouds — Job 37:11-16, Psalms 18:10-11

Reciprocal references (3): Job 28:11, Job 37:16, Psalms 147:8

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