Job 9:8
He alone spreadeth out the heavens, And walketh upon the high waves of the sea.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea.
In Context
7He commandeth the sun, and it riseth not, And he sealeth up the stars.
9He made the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, And the secret chambers of the South.
Cross References
Job 26:7He stretcheth out the north over empty space, And hangeth the earth upon nothing.
Job 38:11And said, Thus far shalt thou come, and no farther, And here shall thy proud waves be stayed!
Psalms 33:6By the word of the LORD were the heavens made, And all the hosts of them by the breath of his mouth.
Psalms 93:3The floods, O LORD! lift up, The floods lift up their voice; The floods lift up their roaring!
Isaiah 40:22It is He that sitteth above the circle of the earth, And the inhabitants are to him as grasshoppers; That stretcheth out the heavens as a canopy, And spreadeth them 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 →