Job 37:18

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

Cross-reference

Job 9:8 Parallel

Job 9:8 declares God alone stretches out the heavens — directly parallel to the rhetorical question about spreading skies in Job 37:18.

Genesis 1:6-8 recounts God creating the expanse — the very act of spreading out the skies that Job 37:18 asks if anyone can do.

Psalm 104:2 Parallel

Psalm 104:2 uses the same 'stretching out the heavens' imagery, depicting God's creative power over the sky.

Isaiah 40:22 uses the same 'stretches out the heavens' imagery, comparing it to a curtain or tent — parallel to Job's 'cast metal mirror'.

Isaiah 44:24 declares that the LORD alone stretched out the heavens, directly echoing Job's question about who can spread out the skies.

Isaiah 48:13 explicitly states God's right hand spread out the heavens, directly paralleling Job's rhetorical question about spreading out the skies.

Proverbs 8:27 Related theme

Proverbs 8:27 describes wisdom present when God established the heavens, complementing Job's image of spreading out the sky.

Isaiah 40:12 speaks of God marking off the heavens with a span, similar to Job's depiction of God spreading out the sky.

Isaiah 51:13 echoes the same image of God stretching out the heavens, reminding Israel of their Maker who spreads the skies.