Job 9:8
6 He shakes the earth from its place, so that its foundations tremble.
7 He commands the sun not to shine; He seals off the stars.
He alone stretches out the heavens and treads on the waves of the sea.
9 He is the Maker of the Bear and Orion, of the Pleiades and the constellations of the south.
10 He does great things beyond searching out, and wonders without number.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- He alone stretches out the heavens and treads on the waves of the sea.
- KJV
- Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea.
- WEB
- He alone stretches out the heavens, and treads on the waves of the sea.
- ASV
- That alone stretcheth out the heavens, And treadeth upon the waves of the sea;
- DARBY
- Who alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the high waves of the sea;
- BLB
- stretching out the heavens by himself, and treading upon the heights of the sea.
- ÅB
- som alene utspenner himmelen og skrider fram over havets høyder,
- OTB
- Han alene strekker ut himlene
og går på havets bølger. - B1930
- som alene utspenner himmelen og skrider frem over havets høider,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 44:24
Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer who formed you from the womb: “I am the LORD, who has made all things, who alone stretched out the heavens, who by Myself spread out the earth,
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 contextPsalms 104:2–3
He wraps Himself in light as with a garment; He stretches out the heavens like a tent,
Read in contextJob 37:18
can you, like Him, spread out the skies to reflect the heat like a mirror of bronze?
Read in contextZechariah 12:1
This is the burden of the word of the LORD concerning Israel. Thus declares the LORD, who stretches out the heavens and lays the foundation of the earth, who forms the spirit of man within him:
Read in contextJeremiah 10:11
Thus you are to tell them: “These gods, who have made neither the heavens nor the earth, will perish from this earth and from under these heavens.”
Read in contextMatthew 14:25–30
During the fourth watch of the night, Jesus went out to them, walking on the sea.
Read in contextPsalms 33:6
By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, and all the stars by the breath of His mouth.
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