Job 37:18
What does Job 37:18 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 37:18 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Canst thou with him spread out the sky, Which is strong as a molten mirror?
KJV
King James Version · 1611Hast thou with him spread out the sky, which is strong, and as a molten looking glass?
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Canst thou with him spread out the sky, Which is strong as a molten mirror?
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Will you, with him, make the skies smooth, and strong as a polished looking-glass?
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Thou hast made an expanse with Him For the clouds--strong as a hard mirror!
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Thou perhaps hast made the heavens with him, which are most strong, as if they were of molten brass.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Hast thou with him spread out the sky, firm, like a molten mirror?
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Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 1:6
And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
- Job 9:8
That alone stretcheth out the heavens, And treadeth upon the waves of the sea;
- Psalms 150:1
Praise ye Jehovah. Praise God in his sanctuary: Praise him in the firmament of his power.
- Exodus 38:8
And he made the laver of brass, and the base thereof of brass, of the mirrors of the ministering women that ministered at the door of the tent of meeting.
- Isaiah 40:12
Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
- 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;
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