Job 9:8

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Job 9:6–10 · Berean Standard Bible

6 He shakes the earth from its place, so that its foundations tremble.

7 He commands the sun not to shine; He seals off the stars.

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

9 He is the Maker of the Bear and Orion, of the Pleiades and the constellations of the south.

10 He does great things beyond searching out, and wonders without number.

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Job 37:18

can you, like Him, spread out the skies to reflect the heat like a mirror of bronze?

Genesis 1:6

And God said, “Let there be an expanse between the waters, to separate the waters from the waters.”

Genesis 1:7

So God made the expanse and separated the waters beneath it from the waters above. And it was so.

Psalms 33:6

By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, and all the stars by the breath of His mouth.

Psalms 104:2

He wraps Himself in light as with a garment; He stretches out the heavens like a tent,

Psalms 104:3

laying the beams of His chambers in the waters above, making the clouds His chariot, walking on the wings of the wind.

Isaiah 40:22

He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth; its dwellers are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in.

Isaiah 42:5

This is what God the LORD says— He who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and its offspring, who gives breath to the people on it and life to those who walk in it:

Isaiah 44:24

Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer who formed you from the womb: “I am the LORD, who has made all things, who alone stretched out the heavens, who by Myself spread out the earth,

Jeremiah 10:11

Thus you are to tell them: “These gods, who have made neither the heavens nor the earth, will perish from this earth and from under these heavens.”

Zechariah 12:1

This is the burden of the word of the LORD concerning Israel. Thus declares the LORD, who stretches out the heavens and lays the foundation of the earth, who forms the spirit of man within him:

Job 38:11

and I declared: ‘You may come this far, but no farther; here your proud waves must stop’?

Psalms 93:3

The floodwaters have risen, O LORD; the rivers have raised their voice; the seas lift up their pounding waves.

Psalms 93:4

Above the roar of many waters— the mighty breakers of the sea— the LORD on high is majestic.

Matthew 14:25

During the fourth watch of the night, Jesus went out to them, walking on the sea.

Matthew 14:26

When the disciples saw Him walking on the sea, they were terrified. “It’s a ghost!” they said, and cried out in fear.

Matthew 14:27

But Jesus spoke up at once: “Take courage! It is I. Do not be afraid.”

Matthew 14:28

“Lord, if it is You,” Peter replied, “command me to come to You on the water.”

Matthew 14:29

“Come,” said Jesus. Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water, and came toward Jesus.

Matthew 14:30

But when he saw the strength of the wind, he was afraid, and beginning to sink, cried out, “Lord, save me!”

John 6:19

When they had rowed about three or four miles, they saw Jesus approaching the boat, walking on the sea—and they were terrified.