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Brenton Septuagint Translation. He stretches out the north wind upon nothing, and he upon nothing hangs the earth; Contemporary English Version. who hung the northern sky and suspended the earth on empty space.
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בּלימה, not anything equals nothing (comp. modern Arabic...
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7 ESV - Job 26:7 He stretches out the north over empty...
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7 NIV - Job 26:7 He stretches out the north over empty...
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7 NLT - Job 26:7 He stretches out the north over empty...
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7 NASB - Job 26:7 He stretches out the north over empty...
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King James 2000 Bible He stretches out the north over the...
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CSB He stretches the northern skies over empty space; he hangs the earth on nothing. NLT God stretches the northern sky over empty space and hangs the earth on nothing. KJV He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.
בּלימה, not anything equals nothing (comp. modern Arabic lâsh, or even mâsh, compounded of Arab. lâ or mâ and šâ, a thing, e.g., bilâs, for nothing, ragul mâsh, useless men). The sky which vaults the earth from the arctic pole, and the earth itself, hang free without support in space.
He stretches out the north wind upon nothing, and he upon nothing hangs the earth;
7 He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing. 8 He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them. 9 He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it.
The only way to discover the spiritual meanings of Scriptural words is diligent personal study and reading with illumination from the Holy Spirit. Definitions of words from the Authorized King James Bible, compiled from the Webster 1828 Dictionary, with all word forms grouped together.
By his hand the north is stretched out in space, and the earth is hanging on nothing. NRSV © He stretches out Zaphon over the void, and hangs the earth upon nothing.
