7He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.
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Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea.
It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:
Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain: …
For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.
Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein:
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 5-14)The truth received a great deal of light from the dispute between Job and his friends concerning those points about which they differed; but now they are upon a subject in which they were all agreed, the infinite glory and power of God. How does truth triumph, and how brightly does it shine, when there appears no other strife between the contenders than which shall speak most highly and honourably…
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