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“He stretches out his heavens[a] over empty space.
    He hangs the earth on nothing whatsoever.
He holds the water in his thick clouds,
    and the clouds don’t even split under its weight.
He covers his throne[b]
    by spreading his cloud over it.

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  1. Job 26:7 Or “the north.”
  2. Job 26:9 Or “the face of the moon.”

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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(A)He stretches out the north over empty space;
He hangs the earth on nothing.
(B)He binds up the water in His thick clouds,
Yet the clouds [a]are not broken under it.
He covers the face of His throne,
And spreads His cloud over it.

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  1. Job 26:8 do not break