Job 26:7
5 Dead things are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof.
6 Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.
He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.
8 He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.
9 He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it.
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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
Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea.
Read in contextPsalms 104:2–5
Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:
Read in contextIsaiah 40:22
It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:
Read in contextIsaiah 42:5
Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein:
Read in contextPsalms 24:2
For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.
Read in contextProverbs 8:23–27
I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.
Read in contextGenesis 1:1–2
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
Read in contextIsaiah 40:26
Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth.
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