Job 37:18
Perhaps you have made the heavens with him, which are very solid, as if they had been cast from brass.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Hast thou with him spread out the sky, which is strong, and as a molten looking glass?
In Context
17Are not your garments hot, when the south wind blows across the land?
19Reveal to us what we should say to him, for, of course, we are wrapped in darkness.
Cross References
Genesis 1:6God also said, “Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide waters from waters.”
Job 9:8He alone extends the heavens, and he walks upon the waves of the sea.
Psalms 148:4Praise him, heavens of the heavens. And let all the waters that are above the heavens
Proverbs 8:27I was already present: when he prepared the heavens; when, with a certain law and a circuit, he fortified the abyss;
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.
Matthew Henry on Job 37:15-21
14 Hearken unto this, O Job: stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God. 15 Dost thou know when God disposed them, and caused the light of his cloud to shine? 16 Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him which is perfect in knowledge? 17 How thy garments are warm, when he quieteth the earth by the south wind? 18 Hast thou with him spread out the sky, which is strong, and as a molten looking glass? 19 Teach us what we shall say unto him; for we cannot order our speech by reason… Read the whole commentary →