Job 37:18 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

Can you stretch out the skies with him and make them as firm as a mirror made of metal?(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

Hast thou with him spread out the sky, which is strong, and as a molten looking glass?

ASV:

Canst thou with him spread out the sky, Which is strong as a molten mirror?

BBE:

Will you, with him, make the skies smooth, and strong as a polished looking-glass?

DBY:

Hast thou with him spread out the sky, firm, like a molten mirror?

ERV:

Canst thou with him spread out the sky, which is strong as a molten mirror?

JPS:

Canst thou with Him spread out the sky, which is strong as a molten mirror?

WBS:

Hast thou with him spread out the sky which is strong, and as a molten looking-glass?

WEB:

Can you, with him, spread out the sky, which is strong as a cast metal mirror?

YLT:

Thou hast made an expanse with Him For the clouds -- strong as a hard mirror!

Job 37:18 Cross References

XREF:

Job 9:8 Who alone stretches out the heavens And tramples down the waves of the sea;

Psalm 104:2 Covering Yourself with light as with a cloak, Stretching out heaven like a tent curtain.

Isaiah 44:24 Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer, and the one who formed you from the womb, "I, the LORD, am the maker of all things, Stretching out the heavens by Myself And spreading out the earth all alone,

Isaiah 45:12 "It is I who made the earth, and created man upon it. I stretched out the heavens with My hands And I ordained all their host.

Jeremiah 10:12 It is He who made the earth by His power, Who established the world by His wisdom; And by His understanding He has stretched out the heavens.

Zechariah 12:1 The burden of the word of the LORD concerning Israel. Thus declares the LORD who stretches out the heavens, lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him, (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

37:18 Hast thou with him spread out the sky, [which is] strong, [and] as a molten looking {o} glass?
(o) For the clearness.

WES:

37:18 With him - Wast thou his assistant in spreading out the sky like a canopy over the earth? Strong - Which though it be very thin and transparent, yet is also firm and compact and steadfast. Looking glass - Made of brass and steel, as the manner then was. Smooth and polished, without the least flaw. In this, as in a glass, we may behold the glory of God and the wisdom of his handy - work.

MHC:

37:14-20 Due thoughts of the works of God will help to reconcile us to all his providences. As God has a powerful, freezing north wind, so he has a thawing, composing south wind: the Spirit is compared to both, because he both convinces and comforts, So 4:16. The best of men are much in the dark concerning the glorious perfections of the Divine nature and the Divine government. Those who, through grace, know much of God, know nothing, in comparison with what is to be known, and of what will be known, when that which is perfect is come.

CONC:

Bronze Canst Cast Clouds Expanse Firm Glass Hast Looking-glass Metal Mirror Molten Polished Skies Sky Smooth Spread Spreading Strong

Bronze Cast Clouds Expanse Firm Glass Hard Join Metal Mirror Molten Polished Skies Sky Smooth Spread Spreading Strong

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