bindeth up: Job 36:29, Job 38:9, Job 38:37; Genesis 1:6-7; Psalms 135:7; Proverbs 30:4; Jeremiah 10:13
thick clouds: Job 37:11-16; Psalms 18:10-11
and the cloud: Isaiah 5:6
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Job 26:8
Job 26:8
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