Job 26:8
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
He wraps up the waters in His clouds, yet the clouds do not burst under their own weight.

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

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

Hebrew
He wraps up
צֹרֵֽר־ (ṣō·rêr-)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 6887: To bind, tie up, be restricted, narrow, scant, or cramped

the waters
מַ֥יִם (ma·yim)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen

in His clouds,
בְּעָבָ֑יו (bə·‘ā·ḇāw)
Preposition-b | Noun - common plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5645: An envelope, darkness, a, cloud, a copse

yet the clouds
עָנָ֣ן (‘ā·nān)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6051: A cloud, the nimbus, thunder-cloud

do not
וְלֹא־ (wə·lō-)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

burst
נִבְקַ֖ע (niḇ·qa‘)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1234: To cleave, to rend, break, rip, open

under their own weight.
תַּחְתָּֽם׃ (taḥ·tām)
Preposition | third person masculine plural
Strong's 8478: The bottom, below, in lieu of

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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