Job 9:8
Which spreadeth out Shomayim by Himself alone, 1 and treadeth upon the waves of the yam; 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea.
In Context
7Which commandeth the cheres (sun), and it riseth not; 1 and sealeth up the kokhavim; 1
Cross References
Genesis 1:6And Elohim said, Let there be a raki'a (expanse, dome, firmament) in the midst of the mayim (waters), and let it divide the mayim from the mayim.
Job 26:7He stretcheth out the Tzafon over the tohu, 1 and hangeth eretz upon nothing. 1
Job 38:11And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further; 1 and poh (here) shall thy proud waves be stopped? 1
Psalms 33:6By the Devar Hashem were Shomayim made; 1 and all the tz'va (host) of them by the ruach (breath) of His mouth. + 33:6 MJ 11:3; Yn 1:1; Ps 56:5 1
Psalms 93:3The floods have lifted up, Hashem, 1 the floods have lifted up their voice; 1 the floods lift up their waves. 1
Isaiah 40:22It is He that sitteth above the circle of the earth, 1 and the inhabitants thereof are like chagavim (grasshoppers); 1 that stretcheth out Shomayim like a curtain, 1 and spreadeth them out like an ohel to dwell in; 1
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 →