Job 26:7
New International Version
He spreads out the northern skies over empty space; he suspends the earth over nothing.

New Living Translation
God stretches the northern sky over empty space and hangs the earth on nothing.

English Standard Version
He stretches out the north over the void and hangs the earth on nothing.

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

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

New King James Version
He stretches out the north over empty space; He hangs the earth on nothing.

New American Standard Bible
“He stretches out the north over empty space And hangs the earth on nothing.

NASB 1995
“He stretches out the north over empty space And hangs the earth on nothing.

NASB 1977
“He stretches out the north over empty space, And hangs the earth on nothing.

Legacy Standard Bible
He stretches out the north over what is formless And hangs the earth on nothing.

Amplified Bible
It is He who spreads out the north over emptiness And hangs the earth on nothing.

Christian Standard Bible
He stretches the northern skies over empty space; he hangs the earth on nothing.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He stretches the northern skies over empty space; He hangs the earth on nothing.

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
He has stretched out the North from the waste place and has suspended the Earth on nothing

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

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

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

English Revised Version
He stretcheth out the north over empty space, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"He stretches out his heavens over empty space. He hangs the earth on nothing whatsoever.

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

International Standard Version
He spreads out the north over empty space, suspending the earth over nothing.

JPS Tanakh 1917
He stretcheth out the north over the empty space, And hangeth the earth over nothing.

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

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

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

NET Bible
He spreads out the northern skies over empty space; he suspends the earth on nothing.

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

New Heart English Bible
He stretches out the north over empty space, and hangs the earth on nothing.

Webster's Bible Translation
He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.

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

Young's Literal Translation
Stretching out the north over desolation, Hanging the earth upon nothing,

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Context
Job: Who Can Understand God's Majesty?
6Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering. 7He stretches out the north over empty space; He hangs the earth upon nothing. 8He wraps up the waters in His clouds, yet the clouds do not burst under their own weight.…

Cross References
Job 9:8
He alone stretches out the heavens and treads on the waves of the sea.

Job 38:6
On what were its foundations set, or who laid its cornerstone,

Psalm 89:12
North and south You created; Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at Your name.

Zechariah 12:1
This 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:


Treasury of Scripture

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

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

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

Psalm 24:2
For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.

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(7) He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.--If these words mean what they seem to do--and it is hard to see how they can mean anything else--then they furnish a very remarkable instance of anticipation of the discoveries of science. Here we find Job, more than three thousand years ago, describing in language of scientific accuracy the condition of our globe, and holding it forth as a proof of Divine power. Some have attempted to explain the latter clause of the destitution caused by famine; but that is precluded by the terms of the first clause.

Verse 7. - He streteheth out the north over the empty place. Over what was "empty space" or "chaos" (תּהוּ) God stretches out "the north" - a portion of his orderly creation - perhaps the northern portion of the heavens, where are the grandest constellations visible to the inhabitants of the world's northern half. And hangeth the earth upon nothing. "Takes," i.e., "the huge ball of the earth, and suspends it in vacancy, with nothing to support it but his own fixed will, his own firm laws." This is an idea scarcely reached by astronomers in general, at any rate till the time of Hippar-chus; and it has, not without reason, been regarded as "a very remarkable instance of anticipation of the discoveries of science' (Stanley Loathes).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
He stretches out
נֹטֶ֣ה (nō·ṭeh)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 5186: To stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend

the north
צָפ֣וֹן (ṣā·p̄ō·wn)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 6828: Hidden, dark, the north as a, quarter

over
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

empty space;
תֹּ֑הוּ (tō·hū)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 8414: A desolation, desert, a worthless thing, in vain

He hangs
תֹּ֥לֶה (tō·leh)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 8518: To suspend

the earth
אֶ֝֗רֶץ (’e·reṣ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land

upon
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

nothing.
בְּלִי־ (bə·lî-)
Adverb
Strong's 1099: Nothing whatever


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