Job 9:8
Who alone has stretched out the heavens, 1 And walks on the sea as on firm ground. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea.
In Context
7Who commands the sun, and it rises not; 1 And he seals up the stars. 1
9Who makes Pleiades, and Hesperus, and Arcturus, and the chambers of the south. 1
Cross References
Genesis 1:6And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the water, and let it be a division between water and water, and it was so.
Job 26:7He stretches out the north wind upon nothing, 1 And he upon nothing hangs the earth; 1
Job 38:11And I said to it, Hitherto shalt thou come, but thou shalt not go beyond, 1 But thy waves shall be confined within thee. 1
Psalms 33:6Draw near to him, and be enlightened: 1 And your faces shall not by any means be ashamed. 1
Psalms 93:3How long shall sinners, O Lord, 1 How long shall sinners boast? 1
Isaiah 40:22It is he that comprehends the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants in it are as grasshoppers; he that set up the heaven as a chamber, and stretched it 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 →