Job 9:8

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

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BSBPD

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

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

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Job 9:8 — 17 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 1:6And God said, “Let there be an expanse between the waters, to separate the waters from the waters.”
  2. 1 Chronicles 16:26For all the gods of the nations are idols, but it is the LORD who made the heavens.
  3. Job 26:7He stretches out the north over empty space; He hangs the earth upon nothing.
  4. Job 37:18can you, like Him, spread out the skies to reflect the heat like a mirror of bronze?
  5. Job 38:11and I declared: ‘You may come this far, but no farther; here your proud waves must stop’?
  6. Job 38:16Have you journeyed to the vents of the sea or walked in the trenches of the deep?
  7. Psalms 33:6By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, and all the stars by the breath of His mouth.
  8. Psalms 77:19Your path led through the sea, Your way through the mighty waters, but Your footprints were not to be found.
  9. Psalms 93:3The floodwaters have risen, O LORD; the rivers have raised their voice; the seas lift up their pounding waves.
  10. Psalms 104:2He wraps Himself in light as with a garment; He stretches out the heavens like a tent,
  11. 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.
  12. 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:
  13. 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,
  14. 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.”
  15. 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:
  16. Matthew 14:25During the fourth watch of the night, Jesus went out to them, walking on the sea.
  17. 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.

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