King James Version
Job 26:7 in the King James Version says “He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.” — study this verse from Job chapter 26 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.”
Job 26:7 · KJV
Dead things are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof. and the: or, with the inhabitants
Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.
He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.
He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.
He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“He stretcheth out”
H5186to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application (as follows)
“the north”
H6828properly, hidden, i.e., dark; used only of the north as a quarter (gloomy and unknown)
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“over the empty place”
H8414a desolation (of surface), i.e., desert; figuratively, a worthless thing; adverbially, in vain
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and
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