Job 26:7
He stretches out the north over empty space, and hangs the earth upon nothing.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.
In Context
6Sheol is naked before [God], and Abaddon has no covering.
8He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not rent under them.
Cross References
Job 9:8who alone stretches out the heavens, and treads upon the waves of the sea,
Psalms 89:13Thou have a mighty arm. Strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.
Proverbs 8:23I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, before the earth was,
Isaiah 40:22[It is] he who sits above the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers, who stretches out the heavens as a curtain, and spreads them out as a tent to dwell in,
Isaiah 42:5Thus says God, LORD, he who created the heavens, and stretched them forth, he who spread abroad the earth and that which comes out of it, he who gives breath to the people upon it, and spirit to those who walk in it,
Matthew Henry on Job 26:6-14
The Wisdom and Power of God. ( b. c. 1520.) 5 Dead things are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof. 6 Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering. 7 He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing. 8 He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them. 9 He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it. 10 He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end. 11… Read the whole commentary →