Parallel Verses

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.

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 grave is naked before God, and destruction has no covering. 7 “He stretches out the north over empty space
And hangs the earth on nothing.
8 He wraps up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud does not burst by them.

Cross References

Job 9:8

He alone spreads out the heavens and treads on the waves of the sea.

Genesis 1:1-2

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

Isaiah 40:22

He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth, and its people are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like a canopy, and spreads them out like a tent to live in.

Psalm 24:2

For He has ordained it upon the seas and decreed it upon the rivers.

Psalm 104:2-5

You cover yourself with light as with a cloak. You stretch out clouds in the sky like a curtain.

Proverbs 8:23-27

I was made from long ago, before the earth began.

Isaiah 40:26

Lift your eyes and look to the heavens. Who created all these? The being that brings out the starry host one by one, and calls them each by name created all these! Because of his great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing.

Isaiah 42:5

God created the heavens and stretched them out. He fashioned the earth and all that lives there. He gave life and breath to all its people. And now Jehovah God says to his servant:

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