Job

Job 26:7–8

⁷He stretches out the north over empty space;

He hangs the earth upon nothing.

⁸He wraps up the waters in His clouds,

yet the clouds do not burst under their own weight.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
He stretches out	נֹטֶ֣ה	nō·ṭeh	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H5186 stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend
the north	צָפ֣וֹן	ṣā·p̄ō·wn	Noun - feminine singular	H6828 north
over	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
empty space	תֹּ֑הוּ	tō·hū	Noun - masculine singular	H8414 formlessness, confusion, unreality, emptiness
He hangs	תֹּ֥לֶה	tō·leh	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H8518 hang
the earth	אֶ֝֗רֶץ	’e·reṣ	Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land
upon	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
nothing	בְּלִי־	bə·lî-	Adverb	H1097 wearing out

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
He wraps up	צֹרֵֽר־	ṣō·rêr-	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H6887 bind, tie up, be restricted, narrow, scant, cramped
the waters	מַ֥יִם	ma·yim	Noun - masculine plural	H4325 water, juice, urine
in His clouds	בְּעָבָ֑יו	bə·‘ā·ḇāw	Preposition-b; Noun - common plural construct; third person masculine singular	H5645 dark cloud, cloud-mass, thicket
yet the clouds	עָנָ֣ן	‘ā·nān	Noun - masculine singular	H6051 cloud-mass, cloud
do not	וְלֹא־	wə·lō-	Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
burst	נִבְקַ֖ע	niḇ·qa‘	Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H1234 cleave, break open or through
under their own weight	תַּחְתָּֽם׃	taḥ·tām	Preposition; third person masculine plural	H8478 the under part

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Job 26:7 Job 9:8 · Isaiah 40:22 · Psalm 104:2–5 · Isaiah 42:5 · Psalm 24:2 · Proverbs 8:23–27 · Isaiah 40:26 · Genesis 1:1–2

Job 26:8 Proverbs 30:4 · Job 37:11–16 · Jeremiah 10:13 · Isaiah 5:6 · Job 38:37 · Job 38:9 · Psalm 18:10–11 · Psalm 135:7 · Genesis 1:6–7 · Job 36:29

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.