Parallel Verses
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.
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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References
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 26:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
God's Power Over Creation
6
The grave is naked before God, and destruction has no covering.
7
And hangs the earth on nothing.
Phrases
Names
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: