He alone stretches out the heavens, and treads on the waves of the sea.

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    He alone stretches out the heavens, and treads on the waves of the sea.

  • KJV King James Version

    Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea.

  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    Who alone stretcheth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea.

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Cross-references (15)

Passages linked to Job 9:8 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • Isaiah 44:24 Yahweh, your Redeemer, and he who formed you from the womb says: “I am Yahweh, who makes all things; who alone stretches out the heavens; who spreads out the earth by myself;
  • Psalms 104:2-3 He covers himself with light as with a garment. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain. He lays the beams of his rooms in the waters. He makes the clouds his chariot. He walks on the wings of the wind.
  • Isaiah 40:22 It is he who sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers; who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in,
  • Job 37:18 Can you, with him, spread out the sky, which is strong as a cast metal mirror?
  • Zechariah 12:1 A revelation, Yahweh’s word concerning Israel. Yahweh, who stretches out the heavens, and lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him says:
  • Psalms 33:6 By Yahweh’s word, the heavens were made: all their army by the breath of his mouth.
  • Jeremiah 10:11 “You shall say this to them: ‘The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth will perish from the earth, and from under the heavens.’ ”
  • Matthew 14:25-30 In the fourth watch of the night, Jesus came to them, walking on the sea. When the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, “It’s a ghost!” and they cried out for fear. But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying, “Cheer up! It is I! Don’t be afraid.” Peter answered him and said, “Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you on the waters.” He said, “Come!” Peter stepped down from the boat, and walked on the waters to come to Jesus. But when he saw that the wind was strong, he was afraid, and beginning to sink, he cried out, saying, “Lord, save me!”
  • Job 38:11 and said, ‘You may come here, but no further. Your proud waves shall be stopped here?’
  • Job 38:16 “Have you entered into the springs of the sea? Or have you walked in the recesses of the deep?
  • Isaiah 42:5 God Yahweh, he who created the heavens and stretched them out, he who spread out the earth and that which comes out of it, he who gives breath to its people and spirit to those who walk in it, says:
  • John 6:19 When therefore they had rowed about twenty-five or thirty stadia, they saw Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing near to the boat; and they were afraid.
  • Genesis 1:6-7 God said, “Let there be an expanse in the middle of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.” God made the expanse, and divided the waters which were under the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse; and it was so.
  • Psalms 77:19 Your way was through the sea; your paths through the great waters. Your footsteps were not known.
  • Psalms 93:3-4 The floods have lifted up, Yahweh, the floods have lifted up their voice. The floods lift up their waves. Above the voices of many waters, the mighty breakers of the sea, Yahweh on high is mighty.

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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Job 9:8 Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and…

Job 9:8 Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea.

Ver. 8. Which alone spreadeth out the heavens] Without the help or counsel of any other. As God was alone and by himself in making the world, Isa 44:24, so he is in ordering it, Job 37:18 Psa 104:1-2. The Hebrews, as they held with Pythagoras in the point of transanimation; so with Plato in that false opinion of his, that the angels were the movers of the heavens, and the governors of the whole world; whence grew that angel worship amongst them, Col 2:18. As God made the heavens alone, even that whole expanse or firmament, Gen 1:6, the whole region of the air; so he still spreadeth it out as a curtain, which he draweth before the sun and stars, masking and muffling them up with clouds, whensoever he pleaseth.

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And treadeth upon the waves of the sea] Or, spurneth, exercising a regiment over the raging surges of the seas, though they seem to swell against him. Thus Job fetcheth evidences of God’s power from all places. See Psa 89:9.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Alone, i.e. by his own single power, without any…
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Which maketh Arcturus,.... By which is meant not a…
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Who. &c. - A farther description of a black…
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 8. And treadeth upon the waves] This is…
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Job 9:8. Which alone — That is, by his…
Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Which alone spreadeth out the heavens - As an…
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Heavens, like a tent, Psalm ciii. 2. These nations…
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain spreadeth out-- (Isa 40:22; Psa 104:2). But throughout it…
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 8. Alone — Creation is solely the work of…
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 8. The point lies in the gigantic power of…
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (8) Waves of the sea.—Literally, high place of the…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Which alone spreadeth out the heavens. (comp. Isa_40:22) The…

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