Job 37:18
Can you, with him, spread out the sky, which is strong as a cast metal mirror?
World English Bible Classic
In The King James Version
Hast thou with him spread out the sky, which is strong, and as a molten looking glass?
In Context
17You whose clothing is warm when the earth is still by reason of the south wind?
19Teach us what we will tell him, for we can’t make our case by reason of darkness.
Cross References
Genesis 1:6God said, “Let there be an expanse in the middle of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.”
Job 9:8He alone stretches out the heavens, and treads on the waves of the sea.
Psalms 148:4Praise him, you heavens of heavens, you waters that are above the heavens.
Proverbs 8:27When he established the heavens, I was there. When he set a circle on the surface of the deep,
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,
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 →