He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing. — If these words mean what they seem to do — and it is hard to see how they can mean anything else — then they furnish a very remarkable instance of anticipation of the discoveries of science. Here we find Job, more than three thousand years ago, describing in language of scientific accuracy the condition of our globe, and holding it forth as a proof of Divine power. Some have attempted to explain the latter clause of the destitution caused by famine; but that is precluded by the terms of the first clause.
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Job 26:7
7 He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.