⁶ To him by whom the earth was stretched out over the waters: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

² For by him it was based on the seas, and made strong on the deep rivers.

¹² He has made the earth by his power, he has made the world strong in its place by his wisdom, and by his wise design the heavens have been stretched out.

²⁴ The Lord, who has taken up your cause, and who gave you life in your mother's body, says, I am the Lord who makes all things; stretching out the heavens by myself, and giving the earth its limits; who was with me?

⁹ And God said, Let the waters under the heaven come together in one place, and let the dry land be seen: and it was so.

⁵ But in taking this view they put out of their minds the memory that in the old days there was a heaven, and an earth lifted out of the water and circled by water, by the word of God;

⁶ And that the world which then was came to an end through the overflowing of the waters.

⁷ But the present heaven and the present earth have been kept for destruction by fire, which is waiting for them on the day of the judging and destruction of evil men.

¹ The word of the Lord about Israel. The Lord by whom the heavens are stretched out and the bases of the earth put in place, and the spirit of man formed inside him, has said:

⁵ God the Lord, even he who made the heavens, measuring them out on high; stretching out the earth, and giving its produce; he who gives breath to the people on it, and life to those who go about on it, says:

²² It is he who is seated over the arch of the earth, and the people in it are as small as locusts; by him the heavens are stretched out like an arch, and made ready like a tent for a living-place.

² You are clothed with light as with a robe; stretching out the heavens like a curtain:

³ The arch of your house is based on the waters; you make the clouds your carriage; you go on the wings of the wind:

¹⁸ Will you, with him, make the skies smooth, and strong as a polished looking-glass?

⁷ By his hand the north is stretched out in space, and the earth is hanging on nothing.