Job 26:7
He stretches out the north over empty space; He hangs the earth upon nothing.
Majority Standard Bible
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 God, and Abaddon has no covering.
8He wraps up the waters in His clouds, yet the clouds do not burst under their own weight.
Cross References
Job 9:8He alone stretches out the heavens and treads on the waves of the sea.
Psalms 89:13Mighty is Your arm; strong is Your hand. Your right hand is exalted.
Proverbs 8:23From everlasting I was established, from the beginning, before the earth began.
Isaiah 40:22He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth; its dwellers are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in.
Isaiah 42:5This is what God the LORD says—He who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and its offspring, who gives breath to the people on it and life to those who walk 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 →