Job 37:18
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Thou perhaps hast made the heavens with him, which are most strong, as if they were of molten brass.

spread

Job 9:8,9 Who alone spreadeth out the heavens, and walketh upon the waves of the sea. . . .

Genesis 1:6-8 And God said: Let there be a firmament made amidst the waters: and let it divide the waters from the waters. . . .

Psalm 104:2 And art clothed with light as with a garment. Who stretchest out the heaven like a pavilion:

Psalm 148:4-6 Praise him, ye heavens of heavens: and let all the waters that are above the heavens . . .

Psalm 150:1 Praise ye the Lord in his holy places: praise ye him in the firmament of his power.

Proverbs 8:27 When he established the sky above, and poised the fountains of waters:

Isaiah 40:12,22 Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and weighed the heavens with his palm? who hath poised with three fingers the bulk of the earth, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance? . . .

Isaiah 44:24 Thus saith the Lord thy redeemer, and thy maker, from the womb: I am the Lord, that make all things, that alone stretch out the heavens, that established the earth, and there is none with me.

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Exodus 38:8 He made also the laver of brass, with the foot thereof, of the mirrors of the women that watched at the door of the tabernacle.

Context
Elihu Proclaims God's Majesty
17Are not thy garments hot, when the south wind blows upon the earth? 18Thou perhaps hast made the heavens with him, which are most strong, as if they were of molten brass.19Shew us what we may say to him: or we are wrapped up in darkness.…
Cross References
Job 9:8
Who alone spreadeth out the heavens, and walketh upon the waves of the sea.

Job 37:17
Are not thy garments hot, when the south wind blows upon the earth?

Psalm 104:2
And art clothed with light as with a garment. Who stretchest out the heaven like a pavilion:

Isaiah 44:24
Thus saith the Lord thy redeemer, and thy maker, from the womb: I am the Lord, that make all things, that alone stretch out the heavens, that established the earth, and there is none with me.

Isaiah 45:12
I made the earth: and I created man upon it: my hand stretched forth the heavens, and I have commanded all their host.

Jeremiah 10:12
He that maketh the earth by his power, that prepareth the world by his wisdom, and stretcheth out the heavens by his knowledge.

Zechariah 12:1
The burden of the word of the Lord upon Israel. Thus saith the Lord, who stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundations of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man in him:

Lexicon
can you, like Him,
עִ֭מּוֹ (‘im·mōw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5973: With, equally with

spread out
תַּרְקִ֣יעַ (tar·qî·a‘)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7554: To pound the earth, to expand, to overlay

the skies
לִשְׁחָקִ֑ים (liš·ḥā·qîm)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7834: A powder, a thin vapor, the firmament

to reflect the heat
חֲ֝זָקִ֗ים (ḥă·zā·qîm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2389: Strong, stout, mighty

like a mirror
כִּרְאִ֥י (kir·’î)
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7209: A mirror

of bronze?
מוּצָֽק׃ (mū·ṣāq)
Verb - Hofal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3332: To pour out, to melt, cast as metal, to place firmly, to stiffen, grow hard


Additional Translations
can you, like Him, spread out the skies to reflect the heat like a mirror of bronze?Have you with him spread out the sky, which is strong, and as a molten looking glass?

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

Wilt thou establish with him foundations for the ancient heavens? they are strong as a molten mirror.

Hast thou with him spread out the sky, firm, like a molten mirror?

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

Hast thou with him spread out the sky which is strong, and as a molten looking-glass?

Can you, with him, spread out the sky, which is strong as a cast metal mirror?

Thou hast made an expanse with Him For the clouds -- strong as a hard mirror!
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