Bible Strands
Job 26:7
He stretches out the north over empty space; He hangs the earth upon nothing.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Job addresses his companions in his discourse, describing God’s cosmic authority immediately after noting that Sheol and Abaddon lie bare before Him.
The words — נֹטֶ֣ה (no.Teh) means [he] stretches out, and תֹּ֑הוּ (To.hu) denotes emptiness or void space.
The thread — The motif of God stretching out the heavens or cosmos appears in Job 9:8, Psalms 104:2, and Isaiah 40:22.
Why it lands — The text states that God positions the northern sky over void and suspends the earth without physical supports. A reader must recognize a sovereign power that operates independently of material anchors or visible foundations.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.
Cross-references
- Job 9:8 He alone stretches out the heavens and treads on the waves of the sea.
- Psalms 104:2 He wraps Himself in light as with a garment; He stretches out the heavens like a tent,
- Isaiah 40:22 He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth; its dwellers are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in.
- Isaiah 42:5 This is what God the LORD says—He who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and its offspring, who gives breath to the people on it and life to those who walk in it:
- Psalms 24:2 For He has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the waters.
- Proverbs 8:23 From everlasting I was established, from the beginning, before the earth began.
- Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
- Isaiah 40:26 Lift up your eyes on high: Who created all these? He leads forth the starry host by number; He calls each one by name. Because of His great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing.