Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

He alone stretches out the heavens
and treads on the waves of the sea.

New American Standard Bible

Who alone stretches out the heavens
And tramples down the waves of the sea;

King James Version

Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea.

International Standard Version

He alone spreads out the heavens, he walks on the waves of the sea.

A Conservative Version

who alone stretches out the heavens, and treads upon the waves of the sea,

American Standard Version

That alone stretcheth out the heavens, And treadeth upon the waves of the sea;

Amplified


Who alone stretches out the heavens
And tramples down the waves of the sea;

Bible in Basic English

By whose hand the heavens were stretched out, and who is walking on the waves of the sea:

Darby Translation

Who alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the high waves of the sea;

Julia Smith Translation

He alone spread out the heavens and he trod upon the heights of the sea.

King James 2000

Who alone spreads out the heavens, and treads upon the waves of the sea.

Lexham Expanded Bible

[He is the one] who alone stretches out [the] heavens and [who] tramples on [the] waves of [the] sea.

Modern King James verseion

who alone stretches out the heavens, and walks on the waves of the sea;

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

He, himself, alone, spreadeth out the heavens, and goeth upon the waves of the sea.

NET Bible

he alone spreads out the heavens, and treads on the waves of the sea;

New Heart English Bible

He alone stretches out the heavens, and treads on the waves of the sea.

The Emphasized Bible

Who spreadeth out fire heavens, by himself alone! and marcheth along, on the heights of the sea;

Webster

Who alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea.

World English Bible

He alone stretches out the heavens, and treads on the waves of the sea.

Youngs Literal Translation

Stretching out the heavens by Himself, And treading on the heights of the sea,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
the heavens
שׁמה שׁמים 
Shamayim 
Usage: 420

and treadeth
דּרך 
Darak 
Usage: 63

upon the waves
בּמה 
Bamah 
Usage: 103

References

Easton

Fausets

Context Readings

Job's Third Speech: A Response To Bildad

7 He commands the sun not to shine
and seals off the stars.
8 He alone stretches out the heavens
and treads on the waves of the sea.
9 He makes the stars: the Bear, Orion,
the Pleiades, and the constellations of the southern sky.


Cross References

Job 37:18

can you help God spread out the skies
as hard as a cast metal mirror?

Psalm 104:2-3

He wraps Himself in light as if it were a robe,
spreading out the sky like a canopy,

Isaiah 40:22

God is enthroned above the circle of the earth;
its inhabitants are like grasshoppers.
He stretches out the heavens like thin cloth
and spreads them out like a tent to live in.

Isaiah 44:24

This is what the Lord, your Redeemer who formed you from the womb, says:

I am Yahweh, who made everything;
who stretched out the heavens by Myself;
who alone spread out the earth;

Zechariah 12:1

An Oracle

The word of the Lord concerning Israel.
A declaration of the Lord,
who stretched out the heavens,
laid the foundation of the earth,
and formed the spirit of man within him.

Genesis 1:6-7

Then God said, “Let there be an expanse between the waters, separating water from water.”

Job 38:11

when I declared: “You may come this far, but no farther;
your proud waves stop here”?

Job 38:16

Have you traveled to the sources of the sea
or walked in the depths of the oceans?

Psalm 33:6

The heavens were made by the word of the Lord,
and all the stars, by the breath of His mouth.

Psalm 77:19

Your way went through the sea
and Your path through the great waters,
but Your footprints were unseen.

Psalm 93:3-4

The floods have lifted up, Lord,
the floods have lifted up their voice;
the floods lift up their pounding waves.

Isaiah 42:5

This is what God, Yahweh, says—
who created the heavens and stretched them out,
who spread out the earth and what comes from it,
who gives breath to the people on it
and life to those who walk on it

Jeremiah 10:11

You are to say this to them, “The gods that did not make the heavens and the earth will perish from the earth and from under these heavens.”

Matthew 14:25-30

Around three in the morning, He came toward them walking on the sea.

John 6:19

After they had rowed about three or four miles, they saw Jesus walking on the sea. He was coming near the boat, and they were afraid.

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