Job 26:7
Good News Translation
God stretched out the northern sky and hung the earth in empty space.

New Revised Standard Version
He stretches out Zaphon over the void, and hangs the earth upon nothing.

Contemporary English Version
who hung the northern sky and suspended the earth on empty space.

New American Bible
He stretches out Zaphon over the void, and suspends the earth over nothing at all;

Douay-Rheims Bible
He stretched out the north over the empty space, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

Job 9:8 Who alone spreadeth out the heavens, and walketh upon the waves of the sea.

Genesis 1:1,2 In the beginning God created heaven, and earth. . . .

Psalm 24:2 For he hath founded it upon the seas; and hath prepared it upon the rivers.

Psalm 104:2-5 And art clothed with light as with a garment. Who stretchest out the heaven like a pavilion: . . .

Proverbs 8:23-27 The depths were not as yet, and I was already conceived, neither had the fountains of waters as yet sprung out. . . .

Isaiah 40:22,26 It is he that sitteth upon the globe of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as locusts: he that stretcheth out the heavens as nothing, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in. . . .

Isaiah 42:5 Thus saith the Lord God that created the heavens, and stretched them out: that established the earth, and the things that spring out of it: that giveth breath to the people upon it, and spirit to them that tread thereon.

Context
Job: Who Can Understand God's Majesty?
6Hell is naked before him, and there is no covering for destruction. 7He stretched out the north over the empty space, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.8He bindeth up the waters in his clouds, so that they break not out and fall down together.…
Cross References
Job 9:8
Who alone spreadeth out the heavens, and walketh upon the waves of the sea.

Job 38:6
Upon what are its bases grounded? or who laid the corner stone thereof,

Psalm 89:12
The north and the sea thou hast created. Thabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name:

Zechariah 12:1
The burden of the word of the Lord upon Israel. Thus saith the Lord, who stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundations of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man in him:

Job 26:6
Top of Page
Top of Page