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Job 26:7
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5 “The dead tremble,
Those under the waters and those inhabiting them.
6 aSheol is naked before Him,
And Destruction has no covering. 
7 aHe stretches out the north over empty space;
He hangs the earth on nothing. 
8 aHe binds up the water in His thick clouds,
Yet the clouds1 are not broken under it. 
9 He covers the face of His throne,
And spreads His cloud over it.
10 aHe drew a circular horizon on the face of the waters,
At the boundary of light and darkness. 
11 The pillars of heaven tremble,
And are1 astonished at His rebuke. 
12 aHe stirs up the sea with His power,
And by His understanding He breaks up1 the storm. 
13 aBy His Spirit He adorned the heavens;
His hand pierced bthe fleeing serpent. 
14 Indeed these are the mere edges of His ways,
And how small a whisper we hear of Him!
But the thunder of His power who can understand?”
Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
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Job 26:7

He stretcheth out the north over the empty place - al tohu , to the hollow waste. The same word as is used, Genesis 1:2, The earth was without form, tohu . The north must here mean the north pole, or northern hemisphere; and perhaps what is here stated may refer to the opinion that the earth was a vast extended plain, and the heavens poised upon it, resting on this plain all round the horizon. Of the south the inhabitants of Idumea knew nothing; nor could they have any notion of inhabitants in that hemisphere.

Hangeth the earth upon nothing - The Chaldee says: "He lays the earth upon the waters, nothing sustaining it."


 
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