Job 26:7
He stretches out the north over empty space, and hangs the earth on nothing.
World English Bible Classic
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, and Abaddon has no covering.
8He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not burst under them.
Cross References
Job 9:8He alone stretches out the heavens, and treads on the waves of the sea.
Psalms 89:13You have a mighty arm. Your hand is strong, and your right hand is exalted.
Proverbs 8:23I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, before the earth existed.
Isaiah 40:22It is he who sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers; who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in,
Isaiah 42:5God the LORD, he who created the heavens and stretched them out, he who spread out the earth and that which comes out of it, he who gives breath to its people and spirit to those who walk in it, says:
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 →