Job 26:7

American Standard Version (1901)

He stretcheth out the north over empty space, And hangeth the earth upon nothing.

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  • Job 9:8 : 8 That alone stretcheth out the heavens, And treadeth upon the waves of the sea;
  • Ps 104:2-5 : 2 Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment; Who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain; 3 Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters; Who maketh the clouds his chariot; Who walketh upon the wings of the wind; 4 Who maketh winds his messengers; Flames of fire his ministers; 5 Who laid the foundations of the earth, That it should not be moved for ever.
  • Isa 40:22 : 22 [ It is] he that sitteth above 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;
  • Gen 1:1-2 : 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 And the earth was waste and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
  • Isa 40:26 : 26 Lift up your eyes on high, and see who hath created these, that bringeth out their host by number; he calleth them all by name; by the greatness of his might, and for that he is strong in power, not one is lacking.
  • Isa 42:5 : 5 Thus saith God Jehovah, he that created the heavens, and stretched them forth; he that spread abroad the earth and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein:
  • Prov 8:23-27 : 23 I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, Before the earth was. 24 When there were no depths, I was brought forth, When there were no fountains abounding with water. 25 Before the mountains were settled, Before the hills was I brought forth; 26 While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, Nor the beginning of the dust of the world. 27 When he established the heavens, I was there: When he set a circle upon the face of the deep,
  • Ps 24:2 : 2 For he hath founded it upon the seas, And established it upon the floods.

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    12He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding hath he stretched out the heavens:

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    3He sendeth it forth under the whole heaven, And his lightning unto the ends of the earth.

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    13By his Spirit the heavens are garnished; His hand hath pierced the swift serpent.

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    13Who gave him a charge over the earth? Or who hath disposed the whole world?

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    5Who laid the foundations of the earth, That it should not be moved for ever.

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