Job 26:7 “He stretches out the north over empty space; He hangs the earth upon n…”

Job 26:7

He stretches out the north over empty space; He hangs the earth upon nothing.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.

World English Bible

He stretches out the north over empty space, and hangs the earth on nothing.

American Standard Version

He stretcheth out the north over empty space, And hangeth the earth upon nothing.

Geneva Bible 1599

He stretcheth out the North ouer the emptie place, and hangeth the earth vpon nothing.

Darby Translation

He stretcheth out the north over empty space, he hangeth the earth upon nothing;

Young's Literal Translation

Stretching out the north over desolation, Hanging the earth upon nothing,

Bible in Basic English

By his hand the north is stretched out in space, and the earth is hanging on nothing.

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Cross references

“He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.”

Job 9:8 Psalm 104:2–5 Isaiah 40:22 Isaiah 42:5 Psalm 24:2 Proverbs 8:23–27

Job 9:8 · BSB

He alone stretches out the heavens and treads on the waves of the sea.

Psalm 104:2–5 · BSB

He wraps Himself in light as with a garment; He stretches out the heavens like a tent,

Isaiah 40:22 · BSB

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.

Isaiah 42:5 · BSB

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:

Psalm 24:2 · BSB

For He has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the waters.

Proverbs 8:23–27 · BSB

From everlasting I was established, from the beginning, before the earth began.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

6Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering.

8He wraps up the waters in His clouds, yet the clouds do not burst under their own weight.

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