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Job 26:7 — King James Version← Study notes

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


Job 26:7Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 26:79 words
HebrewMeaning
נֹטֶ֣הnōṭeh
he stretches outverbH5186
afternoon · bow (down · -ing) · carry aside ···
צָפ֣וֹןṣāpwōn
the northnounH6828
side · -ward · wind)
עַלʿal
overpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
תֹּ֑הוּtōhw
emptinessnounH8414
empty place · without form · nothing · nought ···
תֹּ֥לֶהtōleh
he hangsverbH8518
אֶ֝֗רֶץʾereṣ
the earthnounH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
עַלʿal
onpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
בְּלִיbəliy
nothingparticleH1099
מָֽהmāh
nothingparticleH1099
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Job 26:7

He stretcheth out the north over the empty place. By the title of the ‘north,’ in Holy Writ the devil is used to be designated, who with the thought to bind up the hearts of the nations with the iciness of insensibility, said, I will sit also upon the mount of the Covenant, in the sides of the north. And he is ‘stretched over the empty place,’ because he has possession of those hearts, that are not filled with the grace of the love of God. Yet is it competent to Almighty…

Gregory the Great · 6th century · Morals on Job, Book 17 §33
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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