Job 9:8

In 11 translations

BSB

He alone stretches out the heavens and treads on the waves of the sea.

KJV

Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea.waves: Heb. heights

WEB

He alone stretches out the heavens, and treads on the waves of the sea.

ASV

That alone stretcheth out the heavens, And treadeth upon the waves of the sea;

LSV

Stretching out the heavens by Himself, || And treading on the heights of the sea,

YLT

Stretching out the heavens by Himself, And treading on the heights of the sea,

DBY

Who alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the high waves of the sea;

DRC

Who alone spreadeth out the heavens, and walketh upon the waves of the sea.

GNV

Hee himselfe alone spreadeth out the heauens, and walketh vpon the height of the sea.

JPS

Who alone stretcheth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea.

LXXE

Who alone has stretched out the heavens, and walks on the sea as on firm ground.

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WLC

נֹטֶ֣ה שָׁמַ֣יִם לְבַדּ֑וֹ וְ֝דוֹרֵ֗ךְ עַל־בָּ֥מֳתֵי יָֽם׃

LXX-Br

Ὁ τανύσας τὸν οὐρανὸν μόνος, καὶ περιπατῶν ὡς ἐπʼ ἐδάφους ἐπὶ θαλάσσης·

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• Isaiah 44:24Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer who formed you from the womb: “I am the LORD, who has made all things, who alone stretched out the heavens, who by Myself spread out the earth,
• Psalms 104:2–3He 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.
• 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.
• Zechariah 12:1This is the burden of the word of the LORD concerning Israel. Thus declares the LORD, who stretches out the heavens and lays the foundation of the earth, who forms the spirit of man within him:
• Job 37:18can you, like Him, spread out the skies to reflect the heat like a mirror of bronze?
• Psalms 33:6By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, and all the stars by the breath of His mouth.
• Jeremiah 10:11Thus you are to tell them: “These gods, who have made neither the heavens nor the earth, will perish from this earth and from under these heavens.”
• Matthew 14:25–30During the fourth watch of the night, Jesus went out to them, walking on the sea. When the disciples saw Him walking on the sea, they were terrified. “It’s a ghost!” they said, and cried out in fear. But Jesus spoke up…
• Job 38:16Have you journeyed to the vents of the sea or walked in the trenches of the deep?
• John 6:19When they had rowed about three or four miles, they saw Jesus approaching the boat, walking on the sea—and they were terrified.
• 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:
• Job 38:11and I declared: ‘You may come this far, but no farther; here your proud waves must stop’?
• Psalms 77:19Your path led through the sea, Your way through the mighty waters, but Your footprints were not to be found.
• Genesis 1:6–7And God said, “Let there be an expanse between the waters, to separate the waters from the waters.” So God made the expanse and separated the waters beneath it from the waters above. And it was so.
• Psalms 93:3–4The floodwaters have risen, O LORD; the rivers have raised their voice; the seas lift up their pounding waves. Above the roar of many waters— the mighty breakers of the sea— the LORD on high is majestic.

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