Job 26:7
He stretched out the North over emptiness, and he suspended the land over nothing.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.
In Context
6The underworld is naked before him, and there is no covering for perdition.
8He secures the waters in his clouds, so that they do not burst forth downward all at once.
Cross References
Job 9:8He alone extends the heavens, and he walks upon the waves of the sea.
Psalms 89:13Return, O Lord, how long? And may you be persuaded on behalf of your servants.
Proverbs 8:23I was ordained from eternity, and out of antiquity, before the earth was formed.
Isaiah 40:22He is the One who sits upon the globe of the earth, and its inhabitants are like locusts. He extends the heavens as if they were nothing, and he spreads them out like a tent, in which to dwell.
Isaiah 42:5Thus says the Lord God, who created the heavens and expanded it, who formed the earth and all that springs from it, who gives breath to the people in it, and spirit to those walking on 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 →