Job 26:7-10
Job 26:5-14 The Message (MSG)
“All the buried dead are in torment, and all who’ve been drowned in the deep, deep sea. Hell is ripped open before God, graveyards dug up and exposed. He spreads the skies over unformed space, hangs the earth out in empty space. He pours water into cumulus cloud-bags and the bags don’t burst. He makes the moon wax and wane, putting it through its phases. He draws the horizon out over the ocean, sets a boundary between light and darkness. Thunder crashes and rumbles in the skies. Listen! It’s God raising his voice! By his power he stills sea storms, by his wisdom he tames sea monsters. With one breath he clears the sky, with one finger he crushes the sea serpent. And this is only the beginning, a mere whisper of his rule. Whatever would we do if he really raised his voice!”
Job 26:7-10 King James Version (KJV)
He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, And hangeth the earth upon nothing. He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; And the cloud is not rent under them. He holdeth back the face of his throne, And spreadeth his cloud upon it. He hath compassed the waters with bounds, Until the day and night come to an end.
Job 26:7-10 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
He stretches out the north over empty space And hangs the earth on nothing. He wraps up the waters in His clouds, And the cloud does not burst under them. He obscures the face of the full moon And spreads His cloud over it. He has inscribed a circle on the surface of the waters At the boundary of light and darkness.
Job 26:7-10 New Century Version (NCV)
God stretches the northern sky out over empty space and hangs the earth on nothing. He wraps up the waters in his thick clouds, but the clouds do not break under their weight. He covers the face of the moon, spreading his clouds over it. He draws the horizon like a circle on the water at the place where light and darkness meet.
Job 26:7-10 American Standard Version (ASV)
He stretcheth out the north over empty space, And hangeth the earth upon nothing. He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; And the cloud is not rent under them. He incloseth the face of his throne, And spreadeth his cloud upon it. He hath described a boundary upon the face of the waters, Unto the confines of light and darkness.
Job 26:7-10 New International Version (NIV)
He spreads out the northern skies over empty space; he suspends the earth over nothing. He wraps up the waters in his clouds, yet the clouds do not burst under their weight. He covers the face of the full moon, spreading his clouds over it. He marks out the horizon on the face of the waters for a boundary between light and darkness.
Job 26:7-10 New King James Version (NKJV)
He stretches out the north over empty space; He hangs the earth on nothing. He binds up the water in His thick clouds, Yet the clouds are not broken under it. He covers the face of His throne, And spreads His cloud over it. He drew a circular horizon on the face of the waters, At the boundary of light and darkness.
Job 26:7-10 Amplified Bible (AMP)
“It is He who spreads out the north over emptiness And hangs the earth on nothing. “He wraps the waters in His clouds [which otherwise would spill on earth all at once], And the cloud does not burst under them. “He covers the face of the full moon And spreads His cloud over it. “He has inscribed a circular limit (the horizon) on the face of the waters At the boundary between light and darkness.
Job 26:7-10 New Living Translation (NLT)
God stretches the northern sky over empty space and hangs the earth on nothing. He wraps the rain in his thick clouds, and the clouds don’t burst with the weight. He covers the face of the moon, shrouding it with his clouds. He created the horizon when he separated the waters; he set the boundary between day and night.
Job 26:7-10 English Standard Version 2016 (ESV)
He stretches out the north over the void and hangs the earth on nothing. He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not split open under them. He covers the face of the full moon and spreads over it his cloud. He has inscribed a circle on the face of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness.