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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• 22[It is] he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof [are] as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a veil, 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]; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad 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• 8Spreading out the heavens himself alone,{HR}And treading on the heights of the sea,
 9Making Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades,{HR}And the chambers of the south; (Job 9:8‑9)
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Gen. 1:6‑8• 6And God said, Let an expanse be in the midst of the waters, and dividing be 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• 2Wearing light as the robe,{HR}Spreading heavens as the curtains; (Psa. 104:2)
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Psa. 148:4‑6• 4Praise him, ye heavens of heavens,{HR}And ye waters that [are] above the heavens.
 5Let them praise the name of Jehovah,{HR}For he commanded, and they were created;
 6And he established them for ever and ever,{HR}He gave a decree which shall not pass. (Psa. 148:4‑6)
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Psa. 150:1• 1Praise ye Jah,{HR}Praise God in his sanctuary,{HR}Praise him in the expanse of his power. (Psa. 150:1)
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Prov. 8:27• 27When he prepared the heavens, I [was] there;{HR}When he set 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 comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in a balance, and the hills in scales?
 22[It is] he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof [are] as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a veil, 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]; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad 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?

W. Kelly Translation

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Dost thou with him spread out the sky,{HR}Firm as a molten mirror?