Job 26:7

Hebrew	נֹטֶ֣ה צָפ֣וֹן עַל תֹּ֑הוּplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigתֹּהוּ hebrew Meaning: * Formless * Waste * Futile * Meaningless * Nothing * Chaos Masculine. Noun. Describes something that is unformed or purposeless. It often pairs with בֹּהוּ - void -forming the phrase תֹ֨הוּ֙ וָבֹ֔הוּ, a poetic expression for utter chaos or emptiness.Genesis 1:2Deuteronomy 32:10Isaiah 45:18Jeremiah 4:23 תֹּ֥לֶה אֶ֝֗רֶץplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigאֶרֶץ hebrew Meaning: * Earth (e.g. Genesis 1:1) or world * Land * Countries or country The word אֶרֶץ can designate the whole of planet earth, or the inhabitable world or the national territory or ground. When coupled with heavens (שָׁמַיִם), the phrase indicates the entire created order.Genesis 12:1 עַל בְּלִי מָֽה
ESV	He stretches out the north over the void and hangs the earth on nothing.
NIV	He spreads out the northern skies over empty space; he suspends the earth over nothing.
NLT	God stretches the northern sky over empty space and hangs the earth on nothing.
LXX	ἐκτείνων βορέαν ἐπ οὐδέν κρεμάζων γῆνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigγῆ Meaning: * Soil or ground (e.g. Matthew 13:5) * Land (e.g. Luke 4:5) * Country * Earth (e.g. Matthew 5:5) Feminine noun. Connected to the English words “ground”, “geometry” and “geology”. It occurs throughout the LXX and the New Testament (approximately 250 times in the New Testament) and its meaning varies subtly on context, for example, in the LXX:Genesis 1:1Genesis 2:7Genesis 12:1 ἐπὶ οὐδενός
KJV	He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.

^{Job 26:6 ← Job 26:7 → Job 26:8}

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