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

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

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; 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.
H6051 — עָנָן (ʻânân, aw-nawn'): from עָנַן; 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; or לֹה; (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; 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 (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

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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