Job 26:7
Stretching out the north over desolation, || Hanging the earth on nothing,
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.
In Context
6Sheol [is] naked before Him, || And there is no covering to destruction.
8Binding up the waters in His thick clouds, || And the cloud is not burst under them.
Cross References
Job 9:8Stretching out the heavens by Himself, || And treading on the heights of the sea,
Psalms 89:13You have an arm with might, || Strong is Your hand—high Your right hand.
Proverbs 8:23I was anointed from the age, from the first, || From former states of the earth.
Isaiah 40:22He who is sitting on the circle of the earth, || And its inhabitants [are] as grasshoppers, || He who is stretching out the heavens as a thin thing, || And spreads them as a tent to dwell in.
Isaiah 42:5Thus said God, YHWH, || Creating the heavens, and stretching them out, || Spreading out the earth and its productions, || Giving breath to the people on it, || And spirit to those walking in it.
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 →