Job 26:7
He stretches out the northern skies 1 over the empty space, 1 and he hangs the earth over nothing. 1
Unlocked Literal 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; 1 destruction itself has no covering against him. 1
8He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, 1 but the clouds are not torn under them. 1
Cross References
Job 9:8who by himself stretches out the heavens 1 and tramples down the waves of the sea, 1
Psalms 89:13You have a mighty arm 1 and a strong hand, and your right hand is high. 1
Proverbs 8:23In ages long ago I was made—from the first, 1 from the beginnings of the earth. 1
Isaiah 40:22He is the one who sits above the horizon of the earth; and the inhabitants are like grasshoppers before him. 1 He stretches out the heavens like a curtain and spreads them out as a tent to live in. 1
Isaiah 42:5This is what God Yahweh says— 1 the one who created the heavens and stretched them out, the one who made the earth and all that it produces, 1 the one who gives breath to the people on it and life to those who live on it: 1
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 →