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Job 9

Job 9:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Which alone spreadeth out
natah (Hebrew #5186)
to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application (as follows)
KJV usage: + afternoon, apply, bow (down, - ing), carry aside, decline, deliver, extend, go down, be gone, incline, intend, lay, let down, offer, outstretched, overthrown, pervert, pitch, prolong, put away, shew, spread (out), stretch (forth, out), take (aside), turn (aside, away), wrest, cause to yield.
Pronounce: naw-taw'
Origin: a primitive root
thef heavens
shamayim (Hebrew #8064)
from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)
KJV usage: air, X astrologer, heaven(-s).
Pronounce: shaw-mah'-yim
Origin: dual of an unused singular shameh {shaw-meh'}
, and treadeth
darak (Hebrew #1869)
to tread; by implication, to walk; also to string a bow (by treading on it in bending)
KJV usage: archer, bend, come, draw, go (over), guide, lead (forth), thresh, tread (down), walk.
Pronounce: daw-rak'
Origin: a primitive root
h upon the γwaves
bamah (Hebrew #1116)
an elevation
KJV usage: height, high place, wave.
Pronounce: bam-maw'
Origin: from an unused root (meaning to be high)
of the sea
yam (Hebrew #3220)
a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the south
KJV usage: sea (X -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).
Pronounce: yawm
Origin: from an unused root meaning to roar
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Psa. 104:2‑3• 2Wearing light as the robe,{HR}Spreading heavens as the curtains;
 3Who frameth his chambers in the waters,{HR}Who maketh clouds his chariot (vehicle),{HR}Who walketh on wings of wind; (Psa. 104:2‑3)
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Isa. 40:22‑28• 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:
 23that bringeth the princes to nothing; that maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
 24Scarcely are they planted, scarcely are they sown, scarcely hath their stock taken root in the earth, but he also bloweth upon them, and they wither, and the whirlwind taketh them away as stubble.
 25To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One.
 26Lift up your eyes on high, and behold. Who hath created these [things], bringing out their host by number? He calleth them all by name; by the greatness of his might, and strength of power, not one faileth.
 27Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from Jehovah, and my judgment is passed over from my God?
 28Dost thou not know, hast thou not heard, [that] the everlasting God, Jehovah, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? [There is] no searching of his understanding. (Isa. 40:22‑28)
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Matt. 14:25• 25And in the fourth watch of the night he came to them walking on the sea; (Matt. 14:25)
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heights.

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Cross References

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Job 37:18• 18Dost thou with him spread out the sky,{HR}Firm as a molten mirror? (Job 37:18)
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Gen. 1:6‑7• 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. (Gen. 1:6‑7)
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Psa. 33:6• 6By the word of Jehovah the heavens were made,{HR}And all their host by the breath of his mouth; (Psa. 33:6)
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Psa. 104:2‑3• 2Wearing light as the robe,{HR}Spreading heavens as the curtains;
 3Who frameth his chambers in the waters,{HR}Who maketh clouds his chariot (vehicle),{HR}Who walketh on wings of wind; (Psa. 104:2‑3)
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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. 42:5• 5Thus saith God Jehovah, he that created the heavens, and stretched them forth; he that spread abroad the earth and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein. (Isa. 42:5)
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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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Jer. 10:11• 11Thus shall ye say unto them: The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, these shall perish from the earth, and from under the heavens. (Jer. 10:11)
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Zech. 12:1• 1The burden of the word of Jehovah for Israel, saith Jehovah, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him. (Zech. 12:1)
treadeth.
Job 38:11• 11And said, Hitherto shalt thou come and no farther,{HR}And here let one set against the pride of thy waves? (Job 38:11)
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Psa. 93:3‑4• 3The floods (rivers) lifted up,{HR}O Jehovah, the floods lifted up their voice;{HR}The floods lift up their roaring.
 4Above the voices of many mighty waters,{HR}Breakers of the sea, mighty [is] Jehovah on high. (Psa. 93:3‑4)
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Matt. 14:25‑30• 25And in the fourth watch of the night he came to them walking on the sea;
 26and when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is an apparition; and they cried out for fear.
 27But Jesus immediately spoke unto them, saying, Be of good cheer: it is I; be not afraid.
 28And Peter answering him said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water.
 29And he said, Come; and Peter, going down from the ship, walked on the water to come unto Jesus.
 30But seeing the wind strong, he was afraid; and beginning to sink he cried out, saying, Lord, save me. (Matt. 14:25‑30)
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John 6:19• 19Having rowed then about twenty-five or thirty stadia, they behold Jesus walking on the sea and coming near the ship, and they were affrighted. (John 6:19)
waves.
Heb. heights.

J. N. Darby Translation

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Who alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the high wavesc of the sea;

JND Translation Notes

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Or "extent."

W. Kelly Translation

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Spreading out the heavens himself alone,{HR}And treading on the heights of the sea,