Job 26:7
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
"He stretchesנֹטֶ֣ה
(no·teh)
5186: to stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, benda prim. root
out the northצָפֹ֣ון
(tza·fo·vn)
6828: northfrom tsaphan
overעַל־
(al-)
5921: upon, above, overfrom alah
empty spaceתֹּ֑הוּ
(to·hu;)
8414: formlessness, confusion, unreality, emptinessfrom an unused word
And hangsתֹּ֥לֶה
(to·leh)
8518: to hanga prim. root
the earthאֶ֝֗רֶץ
(e·retz)
776: earth, landa prim. root
on nothing.בְּלִי־
(be·li-)
1099: nothingnessfrom beli and mah


















KJV Lexicon
He stretcheth out
natah  (naw-taw')
to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application (out), stretch (forth, out), take (aside), turn (aside, away), wrest, cause to yield.
the north
tsaphown  (tsaw-fone')
hidden, i.e. dark; used only of the north as a quarter (gloomy and unknown) -- north(-ern, side, -ward, wind).
over the empty place
tohuw  (to'-hoo)
a desolation (of surface), i.e. desert; figuratively, a worthless thing; adverbially, in vain -- confusion, empty place, without form, nothing, (thing of) nought, vain, vanity, waste, wilderness.
and hangeth
talah  (taw-law')
to suspend (especially to gibbet) -- hang (up).
the earth
'erets  (eh'-rets)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land) -- common, country, earth, field, ground, land, natins, way, + wilderness, world.
upon nothing
bliymah  (bel-ee-mah')
(as indef.) nothing whatever -- nothing.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"He stretches out the north over empty space And hangs the earth on nothing.

King James Bible
He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He stretches the northern skies over empty space; He hangs the earth on nothing.

International Standard Version
He spreads out the north over empty space, suspending the earth over nothing.

NET Bible
He spreads out the northern skies over empty space; he suspends the earth on nothing.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"He stretches out his heavens over empty space. He hangs the earth on nothing whatsoever.

King James 2000 Bible
He stretches out the north over the empty place, and hangs the earth upon nothing.
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