Job 9:8
Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea.
King James Version
In Context
7Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars.
9Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.
Cross References
Genesis 1:6And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
Job 26:7He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.
Job 38:11And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
Psalms 33:6By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
Psalms 93:3The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their waves.
Isaiah 40:22It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:
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 →