Parallel Verses

Webster

Hast thou with him spread out the sky which is strong, and as a molten looking-glass?

New American Standard Bible

“Can you, with Him, spread out the skies,
Strong as a molten mirror?

King James Version

Hast thou with him spread out the sky, which is strong, and as a molten looking glass?

Holman Bible

can you help God spread out the skies
as hard as a cast metal mirror?

International Standard Version

Can you spread out the skies like he does; can you cast them as one might a mirror?

A Conservative Version

Can thou with him spread out the sky, which is strong as a molten mirror?

American Standard Version

Canst thou with him spread out the sky, Which is strong as a molten mirror?

Amplified


“Can you, with Him, spread out the sky,
Strong as a molten mirror?

Bible in Basic English

Will you, with him, make the skies smooth, and strong as a polished looking-glass?

Darby Translation

Hast thou with him spread out the sky, firm, like a molten mirror?

Julia Smith Translation

Wilt thou spread out with him to the clouds, strong as the sight of a melted mass?

King James 2000

Have you with him spread out the sky, which is strong, and as a molten mirror?

Lexham Expanded Bible

with him can you spread out [the] skies, hard as a molten mirror?

Modern King James verseion

Have you beat out the expanse with Him, hard like a cast mirror?

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Hast thou helped him to spread out the heavens, which are strong and bright as a looking glass?

NET Bible

will you, with him, spread out the clouds, solid as a mirror of molten metal?

New Heart English Bible

Can you, with him, spread out the sky, which is strong as a cast metal mirror?

The Emphasized Bible

Didst thou spread out, with him, the skies, strong as a molten mirror?

World English Bible

Can you, with him, spread out the sky, which is strong as a cast metal mirror?

Youngs Literal Translation

Thou hast made an expanse with Him For the clouds -- strong as a hard mirror!

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Hast thou with him spread out
רקע 
Raqa` 
Usage: 11

the sky
שׁחק 
Shachaq 
Usage: 21

and as a molten
יצק 
Yatsaq 
Usage: 53

Context Readings

Elihu Extols God's Majesty

17 How thy garments are warm, when he quieteth the earth by the south wind? 18 Hast thou with him spread out the sky which is strong, and as a molten looking-glass? 19 Teach us what we shall say to him; for we cannot order our speech by reason of darkness.

Cross References

Isaiah 44:24

Thus saith the LORD thy Redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the LORD that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself:

Psalm 104:2

Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:

Exodus 38:8

And he made the laver of brass, and the foot of it of brass, of the looking-glasses of the women assembling, who assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

Genesis 1:6-8

And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

Job 9:8-9

Who alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea.

Psalm 148:4-6

Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that are above the heavens.

Psalm 150:1

Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power.

Proverbs 8:27

When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:

Isaiah 40:12

Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and measured heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?

Isaiah 40:22

It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:

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