Job 9:8
By whose hand the heavens were stretched out, and who is walking on the waves of the sea:
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea.
In Context
7Who gives orders to the sun, and it does not give its light; and who keeps the stars from shining.
9Who made the Bear and Orion, and the Pleiades, and the store-houses of the south:
Cross References
Genesis 1:6And God said, Let there be a solid arch stretching over the waters, parting the waters from the waters.
Job 26:7By his hand the north is stretched out in space, and the earth is hanging on nothing.
Job 38:11And said, So far you may come, and no farther; and here the pride of your waves will be stopped?
Psalms 33:6By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; and all the army of heaven by the breath of his mouth.
Psalms 93:3The rivers send up, O Lord, the rivers send up their voices; they send them up with a loud cry.
Isaiah 40:22It is he who is seated over the arch of the earth, and the people in it are as small as locusts; by him the heavens are stretched out like an arch, and made ready like a tent for a living-place.
Matthew Henry on Job 9:2-14
Job's Reply to Bildad. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Then Job answered and said, 2 I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God? 3 If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand. 4 He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered? 5 Which removeth the mountains, and they know not: which overturneth them in his anger. 6 Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble. 7 Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth… Read the whole commentary →