Job

Job 9:8–9

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.

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
He alone	לְבַדּ֑וֹ	lə·ḇad·dōw	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H905 separation
stretches out	נֹטֶ֣ה	nō·ṭeh	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H5186 stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend
the heavens	שָׁמַ֣יִם	šā·ma·yim	Noun - masculine plural	H8064 sky, aloft
and treads	וְ֝דוֹרֵ֗ךְ	wə·ḏō·w·rêḵ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H1869 tread, march
on	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
the waves	בָּ֥מֳתֵי	bā·mo·ṯê	Noun - feminine plural construct	H1116 high place
of the sea	יָֽם׃	yām	Noun - masculine singular	H3220 sea

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
He is the Maker	עֹֽשֶׂה־	‘ō·śeh-	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H6213 do, make
of the Bear	עָ֭שׁ	‘āš	Noun - feminine singular	H5906 Great Bear
Orion	כְּסִ֥יל	kə·sîl	Noun - masculine singular	H3685 Orion
of the Pleiades	וְכִימָ֗ה	wə·ḵî·māh	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular	H3598 Pleiades
and the constellations	וְחַדְרֵ֥י	wə·ḥaḏ·rê	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural construct	H2315 chamber, room
of the south	תֵמָֽן׃	ṯê·mān	Noun - feminine singular	H8486 south, south wind

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

Job 9:8 Isaiah 44:24 · Isaiah 40:22 · Psalm 104:2–3 · Zechariah 12:1 · Job 37:18 · Jeremiah 10:11 · Matthew 14:25–30 · Psalm 33:6 · Job 38:11 · Job 38:16 · Isaiah 42:5 · John 6:19

Job 9:9 Amos 5:8 · Genesis 1:16 · Job 38:31–41 · Psalm 147:4 · Psalm 104:13 · Acts 28:13

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.