Job 26:7 · KJV
“He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, {and} hangeth the earth upon nothing.”
— Job 26:7
Hell {is} naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.
He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.
Job 26 — Context
Dead {things} are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof. {and the...: or, with the inhabitants}
6Hell {is} naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.
7He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, {and} hangeth the earth upon nothing.
8He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.
9He holdeth back the face of his throne, {and} spreadeth his cloud upon it.
Cross References
Job 9:8
Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea. {waves: Heb. heights}
Psalms 104:2-5
Who coverest {thyself} with light as {with} a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:
Isaiah 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: {It is...: or, Him that}
Isaiah 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 to them that walk therein:
Proverbs 8:23-27
I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.
Psalms 24:2
For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.
Genesis 1:1-2
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
Isaiah 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; not one faileth.