Job 26:7

“He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.”

"He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing." - Job 26:7
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What does Job 26:7 mean?

Job 26:7 in the KJV reads, “He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.” In its immediate setting this sentence is part of Job’s reply to Bildad. Bildad has spoken about God’s dominion and man’s smallness, and Job answers by agreeing…

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Hung Upon Nothing: Trusting the God Who Holds What We Cannot

“He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.” (Job 26:7, KJV) Job’s words arrest the heart with a single picture: an earth suspended, held in place without visible support. Long before scientific language could describe gravity and…

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He Hangeth the Earth Upon Nothing: A Prayer of Awe, Trust, and Surrender

Most High God, Maker of heaven and earth, I come before Thee with reverence and trembling wonder. I bow my heart in worship, because Thy word declares in Job 26:7, “He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.” Lord, this holy sentence…

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Job 26:7 - "He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing."
"He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, [and] hangeth the earth upon nothing." - Job 26:7
Job 26:7-14 - "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. He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end. The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof. He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud. By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent. Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?"
"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. He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end. The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof. He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud. By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent. Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?" - Job 26:7-14
Job 26:1 - "But Job answered and said,"
"But Job answered and said," - Job 26:1
Job 26:7
Job 26:11 - "The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof."
Job 26:6 - "Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering."
Job 9:26 - "They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey."
Job 26:5 - "Dead things are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof."
Job 34:26 - "He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others;"
Job 38:26 - "To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;"
Job 31:26 - "If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;"
Job 28:26 - "When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder:"
Job 21:26 - "They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them."
Job 34:7 - "What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water?"
Job 26:10 - "He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end."
Job 26:9 - "He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it."
Job 6:26 - "Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind?"
Job 41:26 - "The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon."
Job 39:26 - "Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?"
Job 26:4 - "To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee?"
Job 1:7
Job 1:7
Job 1:7
Job 26:12 - "He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud."
Job 26:8 - "He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them."
Proverbs 7:26