Job 9:8 “He alone stretches out the heavens and treads on the waves of the sea.”

Job 9:8

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea.

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

That alone stretcheth out the heavens, And treadeth upon the waves of the sea;

Geneva Bible 1599

Hee himselfe alone spreadeth out the heauens, and walketh vpon the height of the sea.

Darby Translation

Who alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the high waves of the sea;

Young's Literal Translation

Stretching out the heavens by Himself, And treading on the heights of the sea,

Bible in Basic English

By whose hand the heavens were stretched out, and who is walking on the waves of the sea:

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Cross references

“Which”

Isaiah 44:24 Isaiah 40:22 Job 37:18 Zechariah 12:1 Psalm 33:6 Jeremiah 10:11

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,

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.

Job 37:18 · BSB

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

Zechariah 12:1 · BSB

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:

Psalm 33:6 · BSB

By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, and all the stars by the breath of His mouth.

Jeremiah 10:11 · BSB

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.”

“treadeth”

Matthew 14:25–30 Job 38:11 John 6:19 Psalm 93:3 Psalm 93:4

Matthew 14:25–30 · BSB

During the fourth watch of the night, Jesus went out to them, walking on the sea.

Job 38:11 · BSB

and I declared: ‘You may come this far, but no farther; here your proud waves must stop’?

John 6:19 · BSB

When they had rowed about three or four miles, they saw Jesus approaching the boat, walking on the sea—and they were terrified.

Psalm 93:3 · BSB

The floodwaters have risen, O LORD; the rivers have raised their voice; the seas lift up their pounding waves.

Psalm 93:4 · BSB

Above the roar of many waters— the mighty breakers of the sea— the LORD on high is majestic.

Also

Job 38:16 Psalm 77:19

Job 38:16 · BSB

Have you journeyed to the vents of the sea or walked in the trenches of the deep?

Psalm 77:19 · BSB

Your path led through the sea, Your way through the mighty waters, but Your footprints were not to be found.

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

In context

7He commands the sun not to shine; He seals off the stars.

9He is the Maker of the Bear and Orion, of the Pleiades and the constellations of the south.

Read Job 9