8 He alone stretches out the heavens and treads on the waves of the sea.
Job 9:8
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2 Esdras 16:57–59
57 He searches the deep and its treasures. He has measured the sea and what it contains. (WEB) 58 He has shut the sea in the midst of the waters, and with his word, he hung the earth over the waters. (WEB) 59 He has spread out the sky like a vault. He has founded it over the waters. (WEB)
Job 26:11–13
11 The foundations of heaven quake, astounded at His rebuke. 12 By His power He stirred the sea; by His understanding He shattered Rahab. 13 By His breath the skies were cleared; His hand pierced the fleeing serpent.
Sirach 43:22–24
22 A mist coming speedily heals all things. A dew coming after heat brings cheerfulness. (WEB) 23 By his counsel, he has calmed the deep and planted islands in it. (WEB) 24 Those who sail on the sea tell of its dangers. We marvel when we hear it with our ears. (WEB)
Odes of Solomon 16:9–11
9 For the eye sees His works, and the ear hears His thought; (ODE) 10 He spread out the earth and He settled the waters in the sea: (ODE) 11 He measured the heavens and fixed the stars: and He established the creation and set it up: (ODE)
Amos 9:5–7
5 The Lord GOD of Hosts, He who touches the earth and it melts, and all its dwellers mourn— all the land rises like the Nile, then sinks like the river of Egypt— 6 He builds His upper rooms in the heavens and founds His vault upon the earth. He summons the waters… 7 …
Isaiah 43:15–17
15 I am the LORD, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, and your King.” 16 Thus says the LORD, who makes a way in the sea and a path through the surging waters, 17 who brings out the chariots and horses, the armies and warriors together, to lie down, never to rise again…
Job 26:6–8
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. 8 He wraps up the waters in His clouds, yet the clouds do not burst under their own weight.
Job 36:29–31
29 Furthermore, who can understand how the clouds spread out, how the thunder roars from His pavilion? 30 See how He scatters His lightning around Him and covers the depths of the sea. 31 For by these He judges the nations and provides food in abundance.
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