Job 9:8
New International Version
He alone stretches out the heavens and treads on the waves of the sea.

New Living Translation
He alone has spread out the heavens and marches on the waves of the sea.

English Standard Version
who alone stretched out the heavens and trampled the waves of the sea;

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

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

New King James Version
He alone spreads out the heavens, And treads on the waves of the sea;

New American Standard Bible
Who alone stretches out the heavens, And tramples down the waves of the sea;

NASB 1995
Who alone stretches out the heavens And tramples down the waves of the sea;

NASB 1977
Who alone stretches out the heavens, And tramples down the waves of the sea;

Legacy Standard Bible
Who alone stretches out the heavens, And tramples down the waves of the sea;

Amplified Bible
Who alone stretches out the heavens And tramples down the waves of the sea;

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He alone stretches out the heavens and treads on the waves of the sea.

American Standard Version
That alone stretcheth out the heavens, And treadeth upon the waves of the sea;

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
He who stretched out Heaven alone and treads on the power of the sea

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Who alone has stretched out the heavens, and walks on the sea as on firm ground.

Contemporary English Version
God alone stretched out the sky, stepped on the sea,

Douay-Rheims Bible
Who alone spreadeth out the heavens, and walketh upon the waves of the sea.

English Revised Version
Which alone stretcheth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He stretches out the heavens by himself and walks on the waves of the sea.

Good News Translation
No one helped God spread out the heavens or trample the sea monster's back.

International Standard Version
He alone spreads out the heavens, he walks on the waves of the sea.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Who alone stretcheth out the heavens, And treadeth upon the waves of the sea.

Literal Standard Version
Stretching out the heavens by Himself, | And treading on the heights of the sea,

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

New American Bible
He alone stretches out the heavens and treads upon the back of the sea.

NET Bible
he alone spreads out the heavens, and treads on the waves of the sea;

New Revised Standard Version
who alone stretched out the heavens and trampled the waves of the Sea;

New Heart English Bible
He alone stretches out the heavens, and treads on the waves of the sea.

Webster's Bible Translation
Who alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea.

World English Bible
He alone stretches out the heavens, and treads on the waves of the sea.

Young's Literal Translation
Stretching out the heavens by Himself, And treading on the heights of the sea,

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Context
Job: How Can I Argue with God?
7He commands the sun not to shine; He seals off the stars. 8He alone stretches out the heavens and treads on the waves of the sea. 9He is the Maker of the Bear and Orion, of the Pleiades and the constellations of the south.…

Cross References
Genesis 1:1
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

Job 26:7
He stretches out the north over empty space; He hangs the earth upon nothing.

Job 26:13
By His breath the skies were cleared; His hand pierced the fleeing serpent.

Job 37:18
can you, like Him, spread out the skies to reflect the heat like a mirror of bronze?

Job 38:16
Have you journeyed to the vents of the sea or walked in the trenches of the deep?

Psalm 77:19
Your path led through the sea, Your way through the mighty waters, but Your footprints were not to be found.

Psalm 104:2
He wraps Himself in light as with a garment; He stretches out the heavens like a tent,


Treasury of Scripture

Which alone spreads out the heavens, and treads on the waves of the sea.

Which

Job 37:18
Hast thou with him spread out the sky, which is strong, and as a molten looking glass?

Genesis 1:6,7
And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters…

Psalm 33:6
By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.

treadeth

Job 38:11
And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?

Psalm 93:3,4
The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their waves…

Matthew 14:25-30
And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea…

waves.

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Job 9
1. Job acknowledges God's justice
22. Man's innocence is not to be condemned by afflictions














(8) Waves of the sea.--Literally, high place of the sea: the sea when and where it runs mountains high. The various physical phenomena of earthquake, eclipse, and hurricane are here described as the field of Divine action and the operations of His hands.

Verse 8. - Which alone spreadeth out the heavens (comp. Psalm 104:2; Isaiah 40:22). The heavens are regarded as spread out over the whole earth, like a curtain or awning over a tent, everywhere overshadowing and promoting it. This "stretching" or "spreading out" is felt to be one of the mightiest and most marvellous of the Creater's works, and is constantly put forward in Scripture as a special evidence of his omnipotence (see, besides the pasages above quoted, Isaiah 42:5; Isaiah 44:24; Isaiah 45:12; It. 13; Jeremiah 10:12). It adds to the marvellousness that God did it all "alone," or "by himself" (comp. Isaiah 44:24). And treadeth upon the waves of the sea; literally, the heights of the sea; i.e. the waves, which run mountains-high. God plants his feet upon these, to crush them in their proud might (comp. Psalm 93:5).

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Hebrew
He alone
לְבַדּ֑וֹ (lə·ḇad·dōw)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 905: Separation, a part of the body, branch of a, tree, bar for, carrying, chief of

stretches out
נֹטֶ֣ה (nō·ṭeh)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 5186: To stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend

the heavens,
שָׁמַ֣יִם (šā·ma·yim)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 8064: Heaven, sky

and treads
וְ֝דוֹרֵ֗ךְ (wə·ḏō·w·rêḵ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 1869: To tread, to walk, to string a, bow

on
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the waves
בָּ֥מֳתֵי (bā·mo·ṯê)
Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's 1116: An elevation

of the sea.
יָֽם׃ (yām)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3220: A sea, the Mediterranean Sea, large river, an artifical basin


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