Job 9:8

Translations

Modern

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

Traditional

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

Literal

…stretching out the heavens by himself, and treading upon the heights of the sea.

Latin

Qui extendit cælos solus, et graditur super fluctus maris.

Original

Hebrew

English

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

Notes

Job 9:1–35

Job answered Bildad by describing God's universal and legal power. His speech resembles a complex legal case.

It includes:

A summons and response (9:3, 14–16, 19b, 32).
The risk of proving himself guilty (9:20).
A "mediator" (9:33–34).
A question of accusation (9:12).
A legal sentence (9:22).
A declaration of guilt (9:28–30).

Events

Job's Trial

Related verses

Isaiah 44:24
Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer who formed you from the womb: “I am the LORD, who has made all things, who alone stretched out the heavens, who by Myself spread out the earth,
Psalm 104:2–3
He wraps Himself in light as with a garment; He stretches out the heavens like a tent,
Isaiah 40:22
He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth; its dwellers are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in.
Zechariah 12:1
This is the burden of the word of the LORD concerning Israel. Thus declares the LORD, who stretches out the heavens and lays the foundation of the earth, who forms the spirit of man within him:
Job 37:18
…can you, like Him, spread out the skies, as strong as a mirror of bronze?
Jeremiah 10:11
Thus you are to tell them: “These gods, who have made neither the heavens nor the earth, will perish from this earth and from under these heavens.”
Matthew 14:25–30
During the fourth watch of the night, Jesus went out to them, walking on the sea.
Psalm 33:6
By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, and all the stars by the breath of His mouth.
Job 38:16
Have you journeyed to the vents of the sea or walked in the trenches of the deep?
Isaiah 42:5
This is what God the LORD says—He who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and its offspring, who gives breath to the people on it and life to those who walk in it:
Job 38:11
…and I declared: ‘You may come this far, but no farther; here your proud waves must stop’?
John 6:19
When they had rowed about three or four miles, they saw Jesus approaching the boat, walking on the sea—and they were terrified.

Glossary

Book of Job Sea

Topics

Astronomy: Sidereal Phenomena God: Creator God: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Heaven: Physical Heavens, Creation of

Job 9:8

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