Job 26:7
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 26:7 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 26:7 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 26:7 — KJV
“He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.”
— Job 26:7 (KJV)
Job 26:7 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 26:7
“If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth: and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.”
Shares key themes with Job 26:7: north, empty, place
“For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain. blood: Heb. bloods”
Shares key themes with Job 26:7: over, place, earth
“And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for their hurt, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them. to be removed: Heb. for removing, or, vexation”
Shares key themes with Job 26:7: over, place, earth
“Then he brought me forth into the utter court, the way toward the north: and he brought me into the chamber that was over against the separate place, and which was before the building toward the north.”
Shares key themes with Job 26:7: north, over, place
“In that day will I make the governors of Judah like an hearth of fire among the wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; and they shall devour all the people round about, on the right hand and on the left: and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place, even in Jerusalem.”
Shares key themes with Job 26:7: over, place, earth
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