Job 37:18

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Canst thou with him spread out the sky, Which is strong as a molten mirror?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

תַּרְקִ֣יעַ עִ֭מּוֹ לִשְׁחָקִ֑ים חֲ֝זָקִ֗ים כִּרְאִ֥י מוּצָֽק׃

Transliteration

tarqîaʿ ʿimmô li-šḥāqîm ḥăzāqîm kir-ʾî mûṣāq

Grammar Details

*tarqîaʿ*: hiphil imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you spread out/hammer out
*ʿimmô*: preposition with 3rd masculine singular suffix - with him
*li-šḥāqîm*: preposition + noun, masculine plural - for the skies/clouds
*ḥăzāqîm*: adjective, masculine plural - strong/firm
*kir-ʾî*: preposition + noun, masculine singular - like mirror/like appearance
*mûṣāq*: hophal participle, masculine singular - poured out/cast/molten

Word Meanings

*tarqîaʿ*: spread out/hammer out/beat out/make firm
*šḥāqîm*: skies/clouds/heavens
*ḥăzāqîm*: strong/firm/hard
*rəʾî*: mirror/appearance/looking glass
*mûṣāq*: poured out/cast/molten/solidified

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Isa 44:24 : 24 Thus saith Jehovah, thy Redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb: I am Jehovah, that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth (who is with me?);
Ps 104:2 : 2 Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment; Who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain;
Exod 38:8 : 8 And he made the laver of brass, and the base thereof of brass, of the mirrors of the ministering women that ministered at the door of the tent of meeting.
Job 9:8-9 : 8 That alone stretcheth out the heavens, And treadeth upon the waves of the sea; 9 That maketh the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, And the chambers of the south;
Gen 1:6-8 : 6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. 7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. 8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.
Ps 148:4-6 : 4 Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, And ye waters that are above the heavens. 5 Let them praise the name of Jehovah; For he commanded, and they were created. 6 He hath also established them for ever and ever: He hath made a decree which shall not pass away.
Ps 150:1 : 1 Praise ye Jehovah. Praise God in his sanctuary: Praise him in the firmament of his power.
Prov 8:27 : 27 When he established the heavens, I was there: When he set a circle upon the face of the deep,
Isa 40:12 : 12 Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
Isa 40:22 : 22 [ It is] he that sitteth above the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in;

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