Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
He stretches out the north over empty space, and hangs the earth upon nothing.
New American Standard Bible
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 hangs the earth on nothing.
International Standard Version
He spreads out the north over empty space, suspending the earth over 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
Bible in Basic English
By his hand the north is stretched out in space, and the earth is hanging 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,
Topics
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 26:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
God's Power Over Creation
6 Sheol is naked before [God], and Abaddon has no covering. 7 He stretches out the north over empty space, and hangs the earth upon nothing. 8 He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not rent under them.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Job 9:8
who alone stretches out the heavens, and treads upon the waves of the sea,
Genesis 1:1-2
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Isaiah 40:22
[It is] he who sits above the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers, who stretches out the heavens as a curtain, and spreads them out as a tent to dwell in,
Psalm 24:2
For he has founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.
Psalm 104:2-5
who covers thyself with light as with a garment, who stretches out the heavens like a curtain,
Proverbs 8:23-27
I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, before the earth was,
Isaiah 40:26
Lift up your eyes on high, and see who has created these, who brings out their host by number. He calls them all by name, by the greatness of his might. And because he is strong in power, not one is lacking.
Isaiah 42:5
Thus says God, LORD, he who created the heavens, and stretched them forth, he who spread abroad the earth and that which comes out of it, he who gives breath to the people upon it, and spirit to those who walk in it,