Parallel Verses

Lexham Expanded Bible

He stretches out [the] north over emptiness; [he] hangs [the] earth {over 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.

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.

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 Sheol [is] naked before him, and there is no covering for Abaddon. 7 He stretches out [the] north over emptiness; [he] hangs [the] earth {over nothing}. 8 [He] ties up [the] water in its clouds, and [the] cloud is not torn open beneath it.

Cross References

Job 9:8

[He is the one] who alone stretches out [the] heavens and [who] tramples on [the] waves of [the] sea.

Genesis 1:1-2

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth--

Isaiah 40:22

[He is] the one who sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants [are] like grasshoppers; the one who stretches out [the] heavens like a veil and spreads them out like tent to live [in],

Psalm 24:2

because he has founded it on [the] seas, and has established it on [the] rivers.

Psalm 104:2-5

[you] who cover [yourself] with light as [with] a garment, who stretch out [the] heavens like a tent curtain,

Proverbs 8:23-27

From eternity, I was set up from [the] first, from the beginning of the earth.

Isaiah 40:26

Lift your eyes up [on] high, and see! Who created these? The one who brings out their host by number. He calls all them by name. Because [he is] great of power and mighty of power, no man is missing.

Isaiah 42:5

Thus says the God, Yahweh, who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and its offspring, who gives breath to the people upon it and spirit to those who walk in it.

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