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 · 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.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

By his hand the north is stretched out in space, and the earth is hanging on nothing.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Stretching out the north over desolation, Hanging the earth upon nothing,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

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

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

He stretcheth out the north over empty space, he 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.

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