Job 37:18 “can you, like Him, spread out the skies, as strong as a mirror of bron…”

Job 37:18

can you, like Him, spread out the skies, as strong as a mirror of bronze?

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Hast thou with him spread out the sky, which is strong, and as a molten looking glass?

World English Bible

Can you, with him, spread out the sky, which is strong as a cast metal mirror?

American Standard Version

Canst thou with him spread out the sky, Which is strong as a molten mirror?

Geneva Bible 1599

Hast thou stretched out the heaues, which are strong, and as a molten glasse?

Darby Translation

Hast thou with him spread out the sky, firm, like a molten mirror?

Young's Literal Translation

Thou hast made an expanse with Him For the clouds — strong as a hard mirror!

Bible in Basic English

Will you, with him, make the skies smooth, and strong as a polished looking-glass?

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Cross references

“spread”

Isaiah 44:24 Psalm 104:2 Isaiah 40:22 Genesis 1:6–8 Psalm 148:4–6 Psalm 150:1

Isaiah 44:24 · BSB

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,

Psalm 104:2 · 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.

Genesis 1:6–8 · BSB

And God said, “Let there be an expanse between the waters, to separate the waters from the waters.”

Psalm 148:4–6 · BSB

Praise Him, O highest heavens, and you waters above the skies.

Psalm 150:1 · BSB

Hallelujah! Praise God in His sanctuary. Praise Him in His mighty heavens.

“as”

Exodus 38:8

Exodus 38:8 · BSB

Next he made the bronze basin and its stand from the mirrors of the women who served at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

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

In context

17You whose clothes get hot when the land lies hushed under the south wind,

19Teach us what we should say to Him; we cannot draw up our case because of our darkness.

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