Job 9:8
Stretching out the heavens by Himself, || And treading on the heights of the sea,
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea.
In Context
7Who is commanding to the sun, and it does not rise, || And the stars He seals up.
9Making the Great Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, || And the inner chambers of the south.
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 26:7Stretching out the north over desolation, || Hanging the earth on nothing,
Job 38:11And say, To here you come, and no more, || And a command is placed || On the pride of your billows.
Psalms 33:6By the word of YHWH || The heavens have been made, || And all their host by the breath of His mouth.
Psalms 93:3Floods have lifted up, O YHWH, || Floods have lifted up their voice, || Floods lift up their breakers.
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 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 →