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Job 26:8

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

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צֹרֵֽרtsoreradversaryצָרַרverb, qal, participle, absolute — “adversary”, a verb used as a describing wordH6887to cramp, literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitiveadversary, (be in) afflict(-ion), beseige, bind (up), (be in, bring) distress, enemy, narrower, oppress, pangs, shut up, be in a strait (trouble), vex.מַ֥יִםmayimwaterמַיִםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “water”, the ordinary formH4325water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen[phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).בְּעָבָ֑יוbeavayvin cloudעָבpreposition, noun, common, both genders, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “in cloud”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5645properly, an envelope, i.e. darkness (or density, 2 Chronicles 4:17); specifically, a (scud) cloud; also a copseclay, (thick) cloud, [idiom] thick, thicket. Compare H5672 (עֲבִי).וְלֹאveloand no , -r,לֹאconjunction, particle, negative — “and no , -r,”H3808not (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 trul…נִבְקַ֖עnivqabreak forthבָּקַעverb, niphal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “break forth”, a completed actionH1234to cleave; generally, to rend, break, rip or openmake 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.עָנָ֣ןanancloudעָנָןnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “cloud”, the ordinary formH6051a cloud (as covering the sky), i.e. the nimbus or thunder-cloudcloud(-y).תַּחְתָּֽםtachtamwithתַּחַתpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “with”H8478the 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.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

He bindeth up the waters in His thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.

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American Standard Version (1901)

He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; And the cloud is not rent under them.

Young’s Literal Translation

Binding up the waters in His thick clouds, And the cloud is not rent under them.

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

He bindeth up the waters in his clouds, so that they break not out and fall down together.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

He bindeth up the waters in His thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

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

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Δεσμεύων ὕδωρ ἐν νεφέλαις αὐτοῦ, καὶ οὐκ ἐῤῥάγη νέφος ὑποκάτω αὐτοῦ·