Job 9:8
Who spread out the heavens by himself alone, and treadeth upon the hillocks of the sea;
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea.
In Context
7Who speaketh to the sun, and he shineth not, and around the stars he placeth a seal;
9Who made the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the chambers the south;
Cross References
Genesis 1:6And God said, Let there be an expansion in the midst of the waters, and let it divide between waters and waters.
Job 26:7He stretched out the north over empty space; he suspended the earth on nothing;
Job 38:11And said, Thus far mayest thou come, but no farther; and here shall be stayed [thy strength] in the pride of thy waves?
Psalms 33:6By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; and by the breath of his mouth all their host.
Psalms 93:3The rivers have lifted up, O Lord, the rivers have lifted up their voice; the rivers lift up their waves.
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;
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 →