Job 9:8
Who spreadeth out fire heavens, by himself alone! and marcheth along, on the heights of the sea;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea.
In Context
7Who commandeth the sun, and it breaketh not forth, and, about the stars, he putteth a seal;
9Who made the Bear, the Giant and the Cluster, and the chambers of the south;
Cross References
Genesis 1:6And God said, Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it be a means of dividing, between waters and waters,
Job 26:7Who stretcheth out the north over emptiness, hangeth the earth upon nothingness;
Job 38:11And said—Hitherto, shalt thou come, and no further,—and, here, shalt thou set a limit to the majesty of thy waves?
Psalms 33:6By the word of Yahweh, the heavens were made, and, by the spirit of his mouth, all their host:
Psalms 93:3The floods have lifted up, O Yahweh, The floods have lifted up—their voice, The floods have lifted up—their dashing waves.
Isaiah 40:22It is he who sitteth upon the circle of the earth, While the inhabitants thereof are, as grass-hoppers,—Who stretcheth forth, as a curtain, the heavens, 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 →