English Standard Version
Job 9:8
8who alone stretched out the heavens and trampled the waves of the sea;
Job 9:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea.
- New International Version (NIV)He alone stretches out the heavens and treads on the waves of the sea.
- New King James Version (NKJV)He alone spreads out the heavens, And treads on the waves of the sea;
- New Living Translation (NLT)He alone has spread out the heavens and marches on the waves of the sea.
Context of Job 9:8
6who shakes the earth out of its place, and its pillars tremble; 7who commands the sun, and it does not rise; who seals up the stars; who alone stretched out the heavens and trampled the waves of the sea; 9who made the Bear and Orion, the Pleiades and the chambers of the south; 10who does great things beyond searching out, and marvelous things beyond number.
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נֹטֶ֣ה שָׁמַ֣יִם לְבַדּ֑וֹ וְ֝דוֹרֵ֗ךְ עַל־בָּ֥מֳתֵי יָֽם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 9:8
- Job 37:18Can you, like him, spread out the skies, hard as a cast metal mirror?
- Genesis 1:6And God said, "Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters."
- Psalms 33:6By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, and by the breath of his mouth all their host.
- Psalms 104:2covering yourself with light as with a garment, stretching out the heavens like a tent.
- Isaiah 40:22It 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 like a tent to dwell in;
- Isaiah 42:5Thus says God, the Lord, who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and what comes from it, who gives breath to the people on it and spirit to those who walk in it:
- Isaiah 44:24Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer, who formed you from the womb: "I am the Lord, who made all things, who alone stretched out the heavens, who spread out the earth by myself,
- Jeremiah 10:11Thus shall you say to them: "The gods who did not make the heavens and the earth shall perish from the earth and from under the heavens."
- Zechariah 12:1The oracle of the word of the Lord concerning Israel: Thus declares the Lord, who stretched out the heavens and founded the earth and formed the spirit of man within him:
- Job 38:11and said, 'Thus far shall you come, and no farther, and here shall your proud waves be stayed'?
- Psalms 93:3The floods have lifted up, O Lord, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their roaring.
- Matthew 14:25And in the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea.
- John 6:19When they had rowed about three or four miles, they saw Jesus walking on the sea and coming near the boat, and they were frightened.
Commentaries on Job 9:8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8And treadeth upon the waves - This is a very majestic image. God not only walks upon the waters, but when the sea runs mountains high, he steps from billow to billow in his almighty and essential majesty. There is a similar sentiment in David, Psalm 29:10; : "The Lord sitteth upon the flood; yea, the Lord sitteth King for ever." But both are far outdone by the Psalmist, Psalm 18:9-15, and especially in these words, Psalm 18:10, He did fly on the wings of…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8Which alone spreadeth out the heavens - As an expanse, or a curtain; see the notes at Isaiah 40:22. And treadeth upon the waves of the sea - Margin, “Heights.” So it is in the Hebrew. It means the “high waves;” that is, he walks upon the waves of the ocean when lifted up by a storm. This is spoken of here as a proof of the greatness of God; and the meaning of all is, that he is seen in the storm, in the heaving ocean, when the heavens are black with…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-35Job 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).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. spreadeth out--(Is 40:22; Psa 104:2). But throughout it is not so much God's creating, as His governing, power over nature that is set forth. A storm seems a struggle between Nature and her Lord! Better, therefore, "Who boweth the heavens alone," without help of any other. God descends from the bowed-down heaven to the earth (Psa 18:9). The storm, wherein the clouds descend, suggests this image. In the descent of the vault of heaven, God has come down…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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