King James Version

Job 9:8

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

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נֹטֶ֣הnotehspreadנָטָהverb, qal, participle, absolute — “spread”, a verb used as a describing wordH5186to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application[phrase] afternoon, apply, bow (down, -ing), carry aside, decline, deliver, extend, go down, be gone, incline, intend, lay, let down, offer, outstretched, overthrown, pervert, pitch, prolong, put away, shew, spread (out), stretch (forth, o…שָׁמַ֣יִםshamayimheavenשָׁמַיִםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “heaven”, the ordinary formH8064the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)air, [idiom] astrologer, heaven(-s).לְבַדּ֑וֹlevadvoto apartבַּדpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “to apart”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH905properly, separation; by implication, a part of the body, branch of atree, bar forcarrying; figuratively, chief of a city; especially (with prepositional prefix) as an adverb, apart, only, besidesalone, apart, bar, besides, branch, by self, of each alike, except, only, part, staff, strength.וְ֝דוֹרֵ֗ךְvedorekheand treadדָּרַךְconjunction, verb, qal, participle, absolute — “and tread”, a verb used as a describing wordH1869to tread; by implication, to walk; also to string abow (by treading on it in bending)archer, bend, come, draw, go (over), guide, lead (forth), thresh, tread (down), walk.עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…בָּ֥מֳתֵיbamoteheightבָּמָהnoun, common, feminine, plural, construct — “height”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1116an elevationheight, high place, wave.יָֽםyamseaיָםnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “sea”, the ordinary formH3220a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the southsea ([idiom] -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

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

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

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

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Who alone has stretched out the heavens, and walks on the sea as on firm ground.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ὁ τανύσας τὸν οὐρανὸν μόνος, καὶ περιπατῶν ὡς ἐπʼ ἐδάφους ἐπὶ θαλάσσης·