Job 37:18

Can you spread out the sky as he can— 1 the sky, which is as strong as a mirror of cast metal? 1

Unlocked Literal Bible

In The King James Version

Hast thou with him spread out the sky, which is strong, and as a molten looking glass?

In Context

17Do you understand how your garments become hot 1 when the land is still because the wind comes from the south? 1

19Teach us what we should say to him, 1 for we cannot lay out our arguments in order because of the darkness of our minds. 1

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Cross References

Genesis 1:6God said, “Let there be an expanse between the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.”

Job 9:8who by himself stretches out the heavens 1 and tramples down the waves of the sea, 1

Psalms 148:4Praise him, highest heaven 1 and you waters that are above the sky. 1

Proverbs 8:27I was there when he established the heavens, 1 when he drew a circle on the surface of the deep. 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

Matthew Henry on Job 37:15-21

14 Hearken unto this, O Job: stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God. 15 Dost thou know when God disposed them, and caused the light of his cloud to shine? 16 Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him which is perfect in knowledge? 17 How thy garments are warm, when he quieteth the earth by the south wind? 18 Hast thou with him spread out the sky, which is strong, and as a molten looking glass? 19 Teach us what we shall say unto him; for we cannot order our speech by reason… Read the whole commentary →

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