Job 26:7
5 The dead tremble— those beneath the waters and those who dwell in them.
6 Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering.
He stretches out the north over empty space; He hangs the earth upon nothing.
8 He wraps up the waters in His clouds, yet the clouds do not burst under their own weight.
9 He covers the face of the full moon, spreading over it His cloud.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- He stretches out the north over empty space; He hangs the earth upon nothing.
- KJV
- He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.
- WEB
- He stretches out the north over empty space, and hangs the earth on nothing.
- ASV
- He stretcheth out the north over empty space, And hangeth the earth upon nothing.
- DARBY
- He stretcheth out the north over empty space, he hangeth the earth upon nothing;
- BLB
- He stretches out Zaphon over the void, hanging the earth on nothing whatsoever.
- ÅB
- Han breder Norden ut over det øde rom, han henger jorden på intet.
- OTB
- Han strekker ut de nordlige himler over tomrommet
og henger jorden på intet. - B1930
- Han breder Norden ut over det øde rum, han henger jorden på intet.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 9:8
He alone stretches out the heavens and treads on the waves of the sea.
Read in contextPsalms 104:2–5
He wraps Himself in light as with a garment; He stretches out the heavens like a tent,
Read in contextIsaiah 40:22
He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth; its dwellers are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in.
Read in contextIsaiah 42:5
This is what God the LORD says— He who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and its offspring, who gives breath to the people on it and life to those who walk in it:
Read in contextPsalms 24:2
For He has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the waters.
Read in contextProverbs 8:23–27
From everlasting I was established, from the beginning, before the earth began.
Read in contextGenesis 1:1–2
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Read in contextIsaiah 40:26
Lift up your eyes on high: Who created all these? He leads forth the starry host by number; He calls each one by name. Because of His great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing.
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