Job 26:7

Job chapter 26 · verse 7 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.6Sheol is naked beforeGod, And Abaddon hath no covering.

v.7This passage

v.8He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; And the cloud is not rent under them.

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.