Job 26:7
What does Job 26:7 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 26:7 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000He stretcheth out the north over empty space, And hangeth the earth upon nothing.
KJV
King James Version · 1611He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901He stretcheth out the north over empty space, And hangeth the earth upon nothing.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949By his hand the north is stretched out in space, and the earth is hanging on nothing.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Stretching out the north over desolation, Hanging the earth upon nothing,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752He stretched out the north over the empty space, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890He stretcheth out the north over empty space, he hangeth the earth upon nothing;
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 40:26
Lift up your eyes on high, and see who hath created these, that bringeth out their host by number; he calleth them all by name; by the greatness of his might, and for that he is strong in power, not one is lacking.
- Psalms 24:2
For he hath founded it upon the seas, And established it upon the floods.
- Isaiah 42:5
Thus saith God Jehovah, he that created the heavens, and stretched them forth; he that spread abroad the earth and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein:
- Isaiah 40:22
It is he that sitteth above the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in;
- Psalms 104:2
Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment; Who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain;
- Proverbs 8:23
I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, Before the earth was.
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