When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep:
When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep:
When he made firm the skies above, When the fountains of the deep became strong,
When he made strong the skies overhead: when the fountains of the deep were fixed:
When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep:
when he established the clouds above, when the springs of the deep became strong,
When he made firm the sides above: when the fountains of the deep became strong:
The clouds above - שחקים shechakim, "the ethereal regions," taking in the whole of the atmosphere, with all its meteors, clouds, vapours, etc.
8:28 Strengthened - When he shut up the fountains in the cavities of the earth, and kept them there as it were by a strong band.The deep - Which have their original from the deep, either from the sea, or from the abyss of waters in the bowels of the earth.