Job Chapter 9 verse 8 Holy Bible
That alone stretcheth out the heavens, And treadeth upon the waves of the sea;
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By whose hand the heavens were stretched out, and who is walking on the waves of the sea:
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Who alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the high waves of the sea;
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Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea.
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Who alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea.
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Who alone stretches out the heavens, Treads on the waves of the sea;
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Stretching out the heavens by Himself, And treading on the heights of the sea,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 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).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(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.
