Job 9:8
Who alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the high waves of the sea;
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea.
In Context
7Who commandeth the sun, and it riseth not, and he sealeth up the stars;
9Who maketh the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the chambers of the south;
Cross References
Genesis 1:6And God said, Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it be a division between waters and waters.
Job 26:7He stretcheth out the north over empty space, he hangeth the earth upon nothing;
Job 38:11And said, Hitherto shalt thou come and no further, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
Psalms 33:6By the word of Jehovah were the heavens made, and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
Psalms 93:3The floods lifted up, O Jehovah, the floods lifted up their voice; the floods lifted up their roaring waves.
Isaiah 40:22[It is] he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a gauze curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in;
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 →