Job 26:7
“He stretcheth out the North ouer the emptie place, and hangeth the earth vpon nothing.”
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Job 26:7 Context
5Dead things are formed from vnder the waters, and the inhabitants thereof. 6Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no couering. 7He stretcheth out the North ouer the emptie place, and hangeth the earth vpon nothing. 8Hee bindeth vp the waters in his thicke clouds, and the cloud is not rent vnder them. 9Hee holdeth backe the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud vpon it.
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Other Translations for Job 26:7
He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, [and] hangeth the earth upon nothing.
- King James Version
"He stretches out the north over empty space And hangs the earth on nothing.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
He stretcheth out the north over empty space, And hangeth the earth upon nothing.
- American Standard Version (1901)
By his hand the north is stretched out in space, and the earth is hanging on nothing.
- Basic English Bible
He stretcheth out the north over empty space, he hangeth the earth upon nothing;
- Darby Bible
He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.
- Webster's Bible
He stretches out the north over empty space, and hangs the earth on nothing.
- World English Bible
Stretching out the north over desolation, Hanging the earth upon nothing,
- Youngs Literal Bible
He stretcheth out the north over the empty space, and hangeth the earth over nothing.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Job 26:7
26:7 North - The northern part of the heavens, which is put for the whole visible heaven, because Job and his friends lived in a northern climate. Nothing - Upon no props or pillars, but his own power and providence.