Flat Earthers logic... Actually saw this, today. 🙄
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Had to Google it. It is 26:7---"He spreads out the northern skies, over empty space; he suspends the earth over nothing." I interpret the first part as alluding to the skies over the northern pole. I interpret the second part as the earth hanging in space, implying the possibility of rotation, as a pendant. My recollection was poorly expressed (my apology). It is not an easy book to read, but quite powerful.
Fascinating! Thanks for sharing.
If you are a bible fan (and/or like theosophy, I highly recommend blueletterbible.org and the pocket e-sword)
I did some research on this line and have concluded that it does not support your interpretation (or provided translation).
The preceding line speaks of hell (in this instance, sheol) which is the cavernous underworld (read dante’s inferno? Or have any familiarity with hades?) beneath us.
Job is talking about that in the next line! The empty space is not “outer space” (they absolutely had no concept anything like that when the bible was written - it was first made up by the coimbra jesuits in the 15-16’s), but the empty space of sheol!
Agreed! Thousands of years and repeated translations will tend to do that! My research suggests that kjv did the best job in english, but even with creating new words when necessary - something is always lost when translating.
Thanks again for sharing!
I was construing the "empty space" to be the desolation of the Arctic cap, signifying the North Pole, implying the point where the Earth would rotate if dangled. Remember this is inspired writing and God may give man words that have no clear meaning in the times in which they were given.
Also, where would you "hang the Earth" except in some sort of space?
Good question! Erets (earth) also means dirt/ground (just like in our language and for the same reason!).
It is reasonably clear that the author intended to say that the north (the land/country/place) is stretched over the empty cavern of sheol.
It makes a LOT more sense when you understand the jewish conception of the world. Here is a diagram which should help!
https://oxford.universitypressscholarship.com/doc/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199209163.001.0001/graphic003.gif
Below is the book this diagram came from, however you will need a library card in order to access this link : https://oxford.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199209163.001.0001/acprof-9780199209163-chapter-2
The best that can be said is that there is ambiguity. But "stretching out the north over the empty place" is still consistent with the current reality: if the "north" is taken as a polar direction, it is honestly over an empty place. Likewise, if God hangs the Earth "upon nothing," that is consistent with it being rotating (hanging) like a pendant in a void. If you try to attach this to ancient misunderstandings about the world, it will illuminate nothing. If you try to see the truthful meaning in ancient words, it will be a revelation.