Job 37:18
You have made an expanse with Him || For the clouds—strong as a hard mirror!
Literal Standard 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
17How your garments [are] warm, || In the quieting of the earth from the south?
19Let us know what we say to Him, || We do not set in array because of darkness.
Cross References
Genesis 1:6And God says, “Let an expanse be in the midst of the waters, and let it be separating between waters and waters.”
Job 9:8Stretching out the heavens by Himself, || And treading on the heights of the sea,
Psalms 148:4Praise Him, heavens of heavens, || And you waters that are above the heavens.
Proverbs 8:27In His preparing the heavens I [am] there, || In His decreeing a circle on the face of the deep,
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.
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 →