Job 26:7
He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.
KJV
Qui extendit aquilonem super vacuum, et appendit terram super nihilum.
Vulgate
ἐκτείνων βορέαν ἐπ’ οὐδέν, κρεμάζων γῆν ἐπὶ οὐδενός.
LXX
He stretcheth out the north over empty space, And hangeth the earth upon nothing.
ASV
נֹטֶ֣ה צָפ֣וֹן עַל תֹּ֑הוּ תֹּ֥לֶה אֶ֝֗רֶץ עַל בְּלִי מָֽה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
בְּלִי
bly
particle · 2×
ה
h
noun · 153×
ם
m
verb · 29×
נָטִ֤יתִי
ntyty
verb · 216×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
תֹ֖הוּ
thv
noun · 20×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
The earth is one of the four elements, dry, cold, heavy, motionless, brought into being by God, out of nothing on the first day. For in the beginning, he said, God created the heaven and the earth Genesis 1:1: but the seat and foundation of the earth no man has been able to declare. Some, indeed, hold that its seat is the waters: thus the divine David says, To Him Who establish…
Cross-references
- Gen 1:1 — In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
- Gen 1:2 — And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
- Gen 1:6 — And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
- Isa 40:22 — It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:
- Isa 40:26 — Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power;
- Isa 42:5 — Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit
- Isa 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;
- Jer 10:12 — He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.
- Job 9:8 — Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea.
- Job 38:6 — Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;
- Prov 8:23 — I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.
- Ps 24:2 — For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.
- Ps 89:12 — The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.
- Ps 104:2 — Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:
- Ps 104:5 — Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever.
- Ps 136:6 — To him that stretched out the earth above the waters: for his mercy endureth for ever.
- Zech 12:1 — The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, saith the LORD, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him.