Job 37:18
Can you hammer out the sky so it becomes like a molten mirror, as he does?
Free Bible 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
17You know how your clothes drip with sweat when the south wind brings air that is hot and heavy.
19So why don't you teach us what to tell God? We cannot make our case because we are in the dark!
Cross References
Genesis 1:6God said, “Let there be an expanse in the middle of the waters to divide the waters.”
Job 9:8He alone is the one who stretches out the heavens and walks on the waves of the sea.
Psalms 148:4Praise him, highest heavens, and the waters above the heavens!
Proverbs 8:27I was there when he placed the heavens in position, when he drew the horizon over the ocean,
Isaiah 40:22God sits on his throne above the horizon of the earth; the people that live there are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain, spreading them out like a tent to live in.
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 →