Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
He stretches out [the] north over emptiness; [he] hangs [the] earth {over 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.
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
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,
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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 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.
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Names
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.