Translations
Louis Segond 1910
Il renferme les eaux dans ses nuages, Et les nuages n'éclatent pas sous leur poids.
KJV
He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.
He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.
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