Job 26:8 Go deeper

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

Hebrew words tap a word

צֹרֵֽר\־tzo.rer-[he] binds up

Lemma: צָרַר (tsa.rar) · Strong's: H6887B

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrmsa)

Meaning: to constrain

Used 23 times. Also: Exodus 12:34, Deuteronomy 28:52, Joshua 9:4, 1 Samuel 25:29, 1 Samuel 28:15, 2 Samuel 1:26 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6887B; TAHOT Job 26:8 word 1

מַ֥יִםMa.yimwaters

Lemma: מַי (ma.yim) · Strong's: H4325G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: water

Used 573 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4325G; TAHOT Job 26:8 word 2

בְּעָבָ֑יוbe.'a.Vavin clouds his

Lemma: עָב (av) · Strong's: H5645

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)

Meaning: cloud

Used 31 times. Also: Exodus 19:9, Judges 5:4, 2 Samuel 22:12, 2 Samuel 23:4, 1 Kings 18:44, 1 Kings 18:45 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5645; TAHOT Job 26:8 word 3

וְלֹא\־ve.lo'-and not

Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808

Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)

Meaning: not

Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Job 26:8 word 4

נִבְקַ֖עniv.Ka'it is split open

Lemma: בָּקַע (ba.qa) · Strong's: H1234

Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVNp3ms)

Meaning: to break up/open

Used 51 times. Also: Genesis 7:11, Genesis 22:3, Exodus 14:16, Exodus 14:21, Numbers 16:31, Joshua 9:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1234; TAHOT Job 26:8 word 5

עָנָ֣ן'a.Nan[the] cloud

Lemma: עָנָן (a.nan) · Strong's: H6051

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: cloud

Used 87 times. Also: Genesis 9:13, Genesis 9:14, Genesis 9:16, Exodus 13:21, Exodus 13:22, Exodus 14:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6051; TAHOT Job 26:8 word 6

תַּחְתָּֽם\׃tach.Tamunder them

Lemma: תַּחַת (ta.chat) · Strong's: H8478G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: underneath: under

Used 238 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 6:17, Genesis 7:19, Genesis 16:9, Genesis 18:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8478G; TAHOT Job 26:8 word 7

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

He wraps up	→	צָרַר H6887B to constrain
the waters	→	מַי H4325G water
in His clouds	→	עָב H5645 cloud
yet the clouds	→	עָנָן H6051 cloud
do not	→	לֹא H3808 not
burst	→	בָּקַע H1234 to break up/open
under their own weight	→	תַּחַת H8478G underneath: under

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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