Job 9:8
Stretching out the heavens by Himself, And treading on the heights of the sea,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea.
In Context
7Who is speaking to the sun, and it riseth not, And the stars He sealeth up.
9Making Osh, Kesil, and Kimah, And the inner chambers of the south.
Cross References
Genesis 1:6And God saith, 'Let an expanse be in the midst of the waters, and let it be separating between waters and waters.'
Job 26:7Stretching out the north over desolation, Hanging the earth upon nothing,
Job 38:11And say, 'Hitherto come thou, and add not, And a command is placed On the pride of thy billows.'
Psalms 33:6By the word of Jehovah The heavens have been made, And by the breath of His mouth all their host.
Psalms 93:3Floods have lifted up, O Jehovah, Floods have lifted up their voice, Floods lift up their breakers.
Isaiah 40:22He who is sitting on the circle of the earth, And its inhabitants [are] as grasshoppers, He who is stretching out as a thin thing the heavens, And spreadeth them 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 →