KJV King James Version
Hast thou with him spread out the sky, [which is] strong, [and] as a molten looking glass?
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Job 37:18
Hast thou with him spread out the sky, [which is] strong, [and] as a molten looking glass?
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
can you, like Him, spread out the skies, as strong as a mirror of bronze?
WEB World English Bible
Can you, with him, spread out the sky, which is strong as a cast metal mirror?
ASV American Standard Version
Canst thou with him spread out the sky, Which is strong as a molten mirror?
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Thou hast made an expanse with Him For the clouds—strong as a hard mirror!
Surrounding context — Job 37
15 Dost thou know when God disposed them, and caused the light of his cloud to shine?
16 Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him which is perfect in knowledge?
17 How thy garments [are] warm, when he quieteth the earth by the south [wind]?
18 Hast thou with him spread out the sky, [which is] strong, [and] as a molten looking glass?
19 Teach us what we shall say unto him; [for] we cannot order [our speech] by reason of darkness.
20 Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up.
21 And now [men] see not the bright light which [is] in the clouds: but the wind passeth, and cleanseth them.
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Isaiah 44:24Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I [am] the LORD that maketh all [things]; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself;Psalm 104:2Who coverest [thyself] with light as [with] a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:Exodus 38:8And he made the laver [of] brass, and the foot of it [of] brass, of the lookingglasses of [the women] assembling, which assembled [at] the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.Isaiah 40:22[It is] he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof [are] as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:Isaiah 40:12Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?Genesis 1:6-8And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.Job 9:8-9Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea.Proverbs 8:27When he prepared the heavens, I [was] there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:Psalm 148:4-6Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that [be] above the heavens.Psalm 150:1Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power.
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