Job 37:18
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
"Can you, with Him, spreadתַּרְקִ֣יעַ
(tar·ki·a')
7554: to beat, stamp, beat out, spread outa prim. root
out the skies,לִשְׁחָקִ֑ים
(lish·cha·kim;)
7834: dust, cloudfrom shachaq
Strongחֲ֝זָקִ֗ים
(cha·za·kim)
2389: strong, stout, mightyfrom chazaq
as a moltenמוּצָֽק׃
(mu·tzak.)
3332: to pour, cast, flowa prim. root
mirror?כִּרְאִ֥י
(kir·'i)
7209: a mirrorfrom raah


















KJV Lexicon
Hast thou with him spread out
raqa`  (raw-kah')
to pound the earth (as a sign of passion); by analogy to expand (by hammering); by implication, to overlay (with thin sheets of metal)
the sky
shachaq  (shakh'-ak)
a powder (as beaten small): by analogy, a thin vapor; by extension, the firmament -- cloud, small dust, heaven, sky.
which is strong
chazaq  (khaw-zawk')
strong (usu. in a bad sense, hard, bold, violent) -- harder, hottest, + impudent, loud, mighty, sore, stiff(-hearted), strong(-er).
and as a molten
yatsaq  (yaw-tsak')
cast, cleave fast, be (as) firm, grow, be hard, lay out, molten, overflow, pour (out), run out, set down, stedfast.
looking glass
r'iy  (reh-ee')
a mirror (as seen) -- looking glass.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"Can you, with Him, spread out the skies, Strong as a molten mirror?

King James Bible
Hast thou with him spread out the sky, which is strong, and as a molten looking glass?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
can you help God spread out the skies as hard as a cast metal mirror?

International Standard Version
Can you spread out the skies like he does; can you cast them as one might a mirror?

NET Bible
will you, with him, spread out the clouds, solid as a mirror of molten metal?

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Can you stretch out the skies with him and make them as firm as a mirror made of metal?

King James 2000 Bible
Have you with him spread out the sky, which is strong, and as a molten mirror?
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