Job 26:7 | TNotes | STEP | 26:7 The Hebrew tsapon (“north,” Gen 13:14 ) sometimes refers to the northern mountain of the Canaanite gods (the Canaanite equivalent of Olympus); here the NLT understands it to refer to the sky , stretched out over empty space (see Gen 1:6-8 ; Ps 104:2-3 ; Isa 40:22-23 ).

bGen 13:14►

cGen 1:6-8►

dPs 104:2-3►

eIsa 40:22-23►

‏ Job 26:7

26:7 ^a The Hebrew tsapon (“north,” Gen 13:14 ^b) sometimes refers to the northern mountain of the Canaanite gods (the Canaanite equivalent of Olympus); here the NLT understands it to refer to the sky, stretched out over empty space (see Gen 1:6-8 ^c; Ps 104:2-3 ^d; Isa 40:22-23 ^e).