'Earth' in the Bible

The Lord said to Satan, “From where have you come?” Then Satan answered the Lord, “From roaming around on the earth and from walking around on it.”

The Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered and reflected on My servant Job? For there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who fears God [with reverence] and abstains from and turns away from evil [because he honors God].”

The Lord said to Satan, “From where have you come?” Then Satan answered the Lord, “From roaming around on the earth and from walking around on it.”

The Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered and reflected on My servant Job? For there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who fears God [with reverence] and abstains from and turns away from evil [because he honors God]. And still he maintains and holds tightly to his integrity, although you incited Me against him to destroy him without cause.”

With kings and counselors of the earth,Who built up [now desolate] ruins for themselves;

“He gives rain upon the earthAnd sends waters upon the fields,

“You will laugh at violence and famine,And you will not be afraid of the wild beasts of the earth.

“You will know also that your descendants will be many,And your offspring as the grass of the earth.

“Is not man forced to labor on earth?And are not his days like the days of a hired man?

“For we are only of yesterday and know nothing,Because our days on earth are [like] a shadow [just a breath or a vapor].

Who shakes the earth out of its place,And its pillars tremble;

“The earth is given into the hands of the wicked;He covers the faces of its judges [so that they are blind to justice].If it is not He, then who is it [that is responsible for all this injustice]?

‘Remember now, that You have made me as clay;So will You turn me into dust again?

“It is longer in measure [and scope] than the earth,And broader than the sea.

Or speak to the earth [with its many forms of life], and it will teach you;And let the fish of the sea declare [this truth] to you.

“He removes intelligence and understanding from the leaders of the people of the earthAnd makes them wander and move blindly in a pathless waste.

“Though its roots grow old in the earthAnd its stump dies in the dry soil,

Water wears away the stones,Its floods and torrents wash away the soil of the earth,So You [O Lord] destroy the hope of man.

He will not become rich, nor will his wealth endure;And his grain will not bend to the earth nor his possessions be extended on the earth.

“O earth, do not cover my blood,And let there be no [resting] place for my cry [where it will cease being heard].

“You who tear yourself apart in anger,Is the earth to be abandoned for your sake,Or the rock to be moved out of its place?

“Memory of him perishes from the earth,And he has no name on the street.

“For I know that my Redeemer and Vindicator lives,And at the last He will take His stand upon the earth.

“Do you not know this from the old days,Since the time that man was placed on the earth,

“The heavens will reveal his wickedness and guilt,And the earth will rise up against him.

“They crowd the needy off the road;The poor of the land all hide themselves.

“They are insignificant on the surface of the water;Their portion is cursed on the earth;They do not turn toward the vineyards.

“It is He who spreads out the north over emptinessAnd hangs the earth on nothing.

“He wraps the waters in His clouds [which otherwise would spill on earth all at once],And the cloud does not burst under them.

“Iron is taken out of the earth,And copper is smelted from the stone ore.

“[As for] the earth, out of it comes food,But underneath [its surface, down deep] it is turned over as fire.

“For He looks to the ends of the earthAnd sees everything under the heavens.

“They must dwell on the slopes of wadisAnd in holes in the ground and in rocks.

“Who put God in charge over the earth?And who has laid on Him the whole world?

Who teaches us more than the beasts of the earthAnd makes us wiser than the birds of the heavens?’

“Even though you say that you do not see Him [when missing His righteous judgment on earth],Yet your case is before Him, and you must wait for Him!

“He lets it loose under the whole heaven,And His lightning to the ends of the earth.

“For He says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth’;And [He speaks] to the showers and to the downpour [of His mighty rains], ‘Be strong.’

“Its direction is turned around by His guidance,That it may do whatever He commands itOn the face of the inhabited earth.

“Whether [it be] for correction, or for His earth [generally]Or for [His] mercy and lovingkindness, He causes it to happen.

You whose garments are hot,When He quiets the earth [in sultry summer] with the [oppressive] south wind?

“Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth?Tell Me, if you know and have understanding.

“Who determined the measurements [of the earth], if you know?Or who stretched the [measuring] line on it?

So that light may take hold of the corners of the earthAnd shake the wickedness out of it?

“Have you understood the expanse of the earth?Tell Me, if you know all this.

“Where is the way that the light is distributed,Or the east wind scattered over the earth?

“Do you know the ordinances of the heavens,Or [can you] establish their rule over the earth?

“Upon earth there is nothing like him—no equal exists,A creature made without fear.