Job 9:8
who by himself stretches out the heavens 1 and tramples down the waves of the sea, 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea.
In Context
7It is the same God who tells the sun not to rise, and it does not, 1 and who covers up the stars, 1
9who makes the Bear, Orion, the Pleiades, 1 and the constellations of the south. 1
Cross References
Genesis 1:6God said, “Let there be an expanse between the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.”
Job 26:7He stretches out the northern skies 1 over the empty space, 1 and he hangs the earth over nothing. 1
Job 38:11and when I said to it, 'You may come this far, but no farther; 1 here is where I will put a boundary to the pride of your waves.' 1
Psalms 33:6By the word of Yahweh the heavens were made, 1 and all the stars were made by the breath of his mouth. 1
Psalms 93:3The oceans rise, Yahweh; 1 they have lifted up their voice; 1 the oceans' waves crash and roar. 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 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 →