5 The dead tremble— those beneath the waters and those who dwell in them. 6 Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering. 7 He stretches out the north over empty space; He hangs the earth upon nothing.
Job 26:5–7
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Job 12:21–23
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Proverbs 15:10–12
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2 Esdras 16:57–59
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Odes of Solomon 42:14–16
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Job 38:29–31
29 From whose womb does the ice emerge? Who gives birth to the frost from heaven, 30 when the waters become hard as stone and the surface of the deep is frozen? 31 Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades or loosen the belt of Orion?
Jeremiah 4:22–24
22 “For My people are fools; they have not known Me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they know not how to do good.” 23 I looked at the earth, and it was formless and void; I looked to the heavens, and they had no…
Job 34:21–23
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Job 22:10–12
10 Therefore snares surround you, and sudden peril terrifies you; 11 it is so dark you cannot see, and a flood of water covers you. 12 Is not God as high as the heavens? Look at the highest stars, how lofty they are!
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