Job 26:7
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“He stretches out the north over empty space; He hangs the earth upon nothing.”
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“He stretches out the north over empty space; He hangs the earth upon nothing.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.”
King James Version · Public Domain“He stretcheth out the north over empty space, And hangeth the earth upon nothing.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Stretching out the north over desolation, Hanging the earth upon nothing,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 26:7 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 1:1In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
- Job 9:8He alone stretches out the heavens and treads on the waves of the sea.
- Psalms 24:2For He has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the waters.
- Psalms 89:13Mighty is Your arm; strong is Your hand. Your right hand is exalted.
- Psalms 104:2He wraps Himself in light as with a garment; He stretches out the heavens like a tent,
- Proverbs 8:23From everlasting I was established, from the beginning, before the earth began.
- Isaiah 40:21Do you not know? Have you not heard? Has it not been declared to you from the beginning? Have you not understood since the foundation of the earth?
- 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.
- 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.
- 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:
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