14 The earth takes shape like clay under a seal; its hills stand out like the folds of a garment.
Job 38:14
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2 Esdras 16:57–59
57 He searches the deep and its treasures. He has measured the sea and what it contains. (WEB) 58 He has shut the sea in the midst of the waters, and with his word, he hung the earth over the waters. (WEB) 59 He has spread out the sky like a vault. He has founded it over the waters. (WEB)
Psalms 104:31–33
31 May the glory of the LORD endure forever; may the LORD rejoice in His works. 32 He looks on the earth, and it trembles; He touches the mountains, and they smolder. 33 I will sing to the LORD all my life; I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.
Sirach 43:11–13
11 Look at the rainbow, and praise him who made it. It is exceedingly beautiful in its brightness. (WEB) 12 It encircles the sky with its glorious circle. The hands of the Most High have stretched it out. (WEB) 13 By his commandment, he makes the snow fall and swiftly sends the lig… (WEB)
Job 41:30–32
30 His undersides are jagged potsherds, spreading out the mud like a threshing sledge. 31 He makes the depths seethe like a cauldron; he makes the sea like a jar of ointment. 32 He leaves a glistening wake behind him; one would think the deep had white hair!
Psalms 104:7–9
7 At Your rebuke the waters fled; at the sound of Your thunder they hurried away— 8 the mountains rose and the valleys sank to the place You assigned for them— 9 You set a boundary they cannot cross, that they may never again cover the earth.
Odes of Solomon 16:9–11
9 For the eye sees His works, and the ear hears His thought; (ODE) 10 He spread out the earth and He settled the waters in the sea: (ODE) 11 He measured the heavens and fixed the stars: and He established the creation and set it up: (ODE)
Job 26:6–8
6 Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering. 7 He stretches out the north over empty space; He hangs the earth upon nothing. 8 He wraps up the waters in His clouds, yet the clouds do not burst under their own weight.
Job 28:4–6
4 Far from human habitation he cuts a shaft in places forgotten by the foot of man. Far from men he dangles and sways. 5 Food may come from the earth, but from below it is transformed as by fire. 6 Its rocks are the source of sapphires, containing flecks of gold.
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