Job 26:7

In 11 translations

BSB

He stretches out the north over empty space; He hangs the earth upon nothing.

KJV

He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.

WEB

He stretches out the north over empty space, and hangs the earth on nothing.

ASV

He stretcheth out the north over empty space, And hangeth the earth upon nothing.

LSV

Stretching out the north over desolation, || Hanging the earth on nothing,

YLT

Stretching out the north over desolation, Hanging the earth upon nothing,

DBY

He stretcheth out the north over empty space, he hangeth the earth upon nothing;

DRC

He stretched out the north over the empty space, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.

GNV

He stretcheth out the North ouer the emptie place, and hangeth the earth vpon nothing.

JPS

He stretcheth out the north over the empty space, and hangeth the earth over nothing.

LXXE

He stretches out the north wind upon nothing, and he upon nothing hangs the earth;

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Original-language editions

WLC

נֹטֶ֣ה צָפ֣וֹן עַל־תֹּ֑הוּ תֹּ֥לֶה אֶ֝֗רֶץ עַל־בְּלִי־מָֽה׃

LXX-Br

Ἐκτείνων βορέαν ἐπʼ οὐδὲν, κρεμάζων γῆν ἐπὶ οὐδενός.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Job 9:8He alone stretches out the heavens and treads on the waves of the sea.
• Isaiah 40:22He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth; its dwellers are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in.
• Psalms 104:2–5He wraps Himself in light as with a garment; He stretches out the heavens like a tent, laying the beams of His chambers in the waters above, making the clouds His chariot, walking on the wings of the wind. He makes the…
• Isaiah 42:5This is what God the LORD says— He who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and its offspring, who gives breath to the people on it and life to those who walk in it:
• Proverbs 8:23–27From everlasting I was established, from the beginning, before the earth began. When there were no watery depths, I was brought forth, when no springs were overflowing with water. Before the mountains were settled,…
• Psalms 24:2For He has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the waters.
• Isaiah 40:26Lift up your eyes on high: Who created all these? He leads forth the starry host by number; He calls each one by name. Because of His great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing.
• Genesis 1:1–2In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.

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