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Job 37

Job 37:18 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Hast thou with him spreadi out
raqa` (Hebrew #7554)
to pound the earth (as a sign of passion); by analogy to expand (by hammering); by implication, to overlay (with thin sheets of metal)
KJV usage: beat, make broad, spread abroad (forth, over, out, into plates), stamp, stretch.
Pronounce: raw-kah'
Origin: a primitive root
the sky
shachaq (Hebrew #7834)
a powder (as beaten small): by analogy, a thin vapor; by extension, the firmament
KJV usage: cloud, small dust, heaven, sky.
Pronounce: shakh'-ak
Origin: from 7833
, which is strong
chazaq (Hebrew #2389)
strong (usu. in a bad sense, hard, bold, violent)
KJV usage: harder, hottest, + impudent, loud, mighty, sore, stiff(-hearted), strong(-er).
Pronounce: khaw-zawk'
Origin: from 2388
, and as a molten
yatsaq (Hebrew #3332)
properly, to pour out (transitive or intransitive); by implication, to melt or cast as metal; by extension, to place firmly, to stiffen or grow hard
KJV usage: cast, cleave fast, be (as) firm, grow, be hard, lay out, molten, overflow, pour (out), run out, set down, stedfast.
Pronounce: yaw-tsak'
Origin: a primitive root
looking glass
r'iy (Hebrew #7209)
a mirror (as seen)
KJV usage: looking glass.
Pronounce: reh-ee'
Origin: from 7200
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Isa. 40:22• 22It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a gauze curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in; (Isa. 40:22)
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Isa. 44:24• 24Thus saith Jehovah, thy Redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb: I am Jehovah, the maker of all things; who alone stretched out the heavens, who did spread forth the earth by myself; (Isa. 44:24)

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Glass; Looking Glass,
Looking Glass

Cross References

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Job 9:8‑9• 8Who alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the high waves of the sea;
 9Who maketh the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the chambers of the south; (Job 9:8‑9)
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Gen. 1:6‑8• 6And God said, Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it be a division between waters and waters.
 7And God made the expanse, and divided between the waters that are under the expanse and the waters that are above the expanse; and it was so.
 8And God called the expanse Heavens. And there was evening, and there was morning--a second day. (Gen. 1:6‑8)
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Psa. 104:2• 2Covering thyself with light as with a garment, stretching out the heavens like a tent-curtain;-- (Psa. 104:2)
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Psa. 148:4‑6• 4Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that are above the heavens.
 5Let them praise the name of Jehovah, for he it is that commanded, and they were created:
 6And he established them for ever and ever; he made for them a statute which shall not pass. (Psa. 148:4‑6)
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Psa. 150:1• 1Hallelujah! Praise *God in his sanctuary; praise him in the firmament of his power. (Psa. 150:1)
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Prov. 8:27• 27When he prepared the heavens I was there; when he ordained the circle upon the face of the deep; (Prov. 8:27)
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Isa. 40:12,22• 12Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out the heavens with his span, and grasped the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in a balance, and the hills in scales?
 22It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a gauze curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in; (Isa. 40:12,22)
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Isa. 44:24• 24Thus saith Jehovah, thy Redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb: I am Jehovah, the maker of all things; who alone stretched out the heavens, who did spread forth the earth by myself; (Isa. 44:24)
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Ex. 38:8• 8And he made the laver of copper, and its stand of copper, of the mirrors of the crowds of women who crowded before the entrance of the tent of meeting. (Ex. 38:8)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Hast thou with him spread out the sky, firm, like a molten mirror?