Parallel Verses

Bible in Basic English

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

New American Standard Bible

“He stretches out the north over empty space
And hangs the earth on nothing.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

He stretches the northern skies over empty space;
He hangs the earth on nothing.

International Standard Version

He spreads out the north over empty space, suspending the earth over nothing.

A Conservative Version

He stretches out the north over empty space, and hangs the earth upon nothing.

American Standard Version

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

Amplified


“It is He who spreads out the north over emptiness
And hangs the earth on nothing.

Darby Translation

He stretcheth out the north over empty space, he hangeth the earth upon nothing;

Julia Smith Translation

He stretched out the north upon emptiness, he hung up the earth upon nothing.

King James 2000

He stretches out the north over the empty place, and hangs the earth upon nothing.

Lexham Expanded Bible

He stretches out [the] north over emptiness; [he] hangs [the] earth {over nothing}.

Modern King James verseion

He stretches out the north over the empty place, and He hung the earth on nothing.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

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

NET Bible

He spreads out the northern skies over empty space; he suspends the earth on nothing.

New Heart English Bible

He stretches out the north over empty space, and hangs the earth on nothing.

The Emphasized Bible

Who stretcheth out the north over emptiness, hangeth the earth upon nothingness;

Webster

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

World English Bible

He stretches out the north over empty space, and hangs the earth on nothing.

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
the north
צפן צפון 
Tsaphown 
Usage: 153

תּהוּ 
Tohuw 
Usage: 20

and hangeth
תּלה 
Talah 
Usage: 27

the earth
ארץ 
'erets 
Usage: 2504

References

Fausets

Hastings

Job

Morish

Context Readings

God's Power Over Creation

6 The underworld is uncovered before him, and Destruction has no veil. 7 By his hand the north is stretched out in space, and the earth is hanging on nothing. 8 By him the waters are shut up in his thick clouds, and the cloud does not give way under them.



Cross References

Job 9:8

By whose hand the heavens were stretched out, and who is walking on the waves of the sea:

Genesis 1:1-2

At the first God made the heaven and the earth.

Isaiah 40:22

It is he who is seated over the arch of the earth, and the people in it are as small as locusts; by him the heavens are stretched out like an arch, and made ready like a tent for a living-place.

Psalm 104:2-5

You are clothed with light as with a robe; stretching out the heavens like a curtain:

Proverbs 8:23-27

From eternal days I was given my place, from the birth of time, before the earth was.

Isaiah 40:26

Let your eyes be lifted up on high, and see: who has made these? He who sends out their numbered army: who has knowledge of all their names: by whose great strength, because he is strong in power, all of them are in their places.

Isaiah 42:5

God the Lord, even he who made the heavens, measuring them out on high; stretching out the earth, and giving its produce; he who gives breath to the people on it, and life to those who go about on it, says:

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