Job 26:7
He stretched out the north over empty space; he suspended the earth on nothing;
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.
In Context
6Naked is the nether world before him, and there is no covering for the place of corruption.
8He bound up the waters in his clouds; and the cloud bursteth not under their weight;
Cross References
Job 9:8Who spread out the heavens by himself alone, and treadeth upon the hillocks of the sea;
Psalms 89:13(89:14) Thine is the powerful arm, with might: strong is thy hand, and exalted is thy right hand.
Proverbs 8:23From eternity was I appointed chief, from the beginning, from the earliest times of the earth.
Isaiah 40:22[It is he] that dwelleth above the circle of the earth, while its inhabitants are as grasshoppers; that stretched out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in;
Isaiah 42:5Thus hath said God the Lord, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and the things which come out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to those that walk thereon:
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 →