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He stretches out the north over emptiness;
he hangs the earth over nothing.[a]
He ties up the water in its clouds,
and the cloud is not torn open beneath it.[b]
He covers the face of the full moon;[c]
he spreads his cloud over it.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 26:7 Literally “over not what”
  2. Job 26:8 Hebrew “them”; antecedent for “them” is “water” (literally “waters”)
  3. Job 26:9 Text reads “throne”; “full moon” is based on a change of the vowels

He spreads out the northern skies(A) over empty space;
    he suspends the earth over nothing.(B)
He wraps up the waters(C) in his clouds,(D)
    yet the clouds do not burst under their weight.
He covers the face of the full moon,
    spreading his clouds(E) over it.

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