Job 37:18
16 Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him which is perfect in knowledge?
17 How thy garments are warm, when he quieteth the earth by the south wind?
Hast thou with him spread out the sky, which is strong, and as a molten looking glass?
19 Teach us what we shall say unto him; for we cannot order our speech by reason of darkness.
20 Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- can you, like Him, spread out the skies to reflect the heat like a mirror of bronze?
- KJV
- Hast thou with him spread out the sky, which is strong, and as a molten looking glass?
- WEB
- Can you, with him, spread out the sky, which is strong as a cast metal mirror?
- ASV
- Canst thou with him spread out the sky, Which is strong as a molten mirror?
- DARBY
- Hast thou with him spread out the sky, firm, like a molten mirror?
- BLB
- Have you beaten the skies with him, strong as a mirror of cast metal?
- ÅB
- Kan du med ham spenne ut himmelen, så fast som et speil av støpt metall?
- OTB
- Kan du, med Ham, bre ut himmelen,
Sterk som et støpt metall speil? - B1930
- Kan du med ham spenne ut himmelen, så fast som et speil av støpt metall?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 44:24
Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the LORD that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself;
Read in contextPsalms 104:2
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 contextExodus 38:8
And he made the laver of brass, and the foot of it of brass, of the lookingglasses of the women assembling, which assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
Read in contextPsalms 150:1
Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power.
Read in contextJob 9:8–9
Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea.
Read in contextIsaiah 40:12
Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
Read in contextProverbs 8:27
When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:
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