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compendium), and so inspired? by God, a Jehova's witness cited the following verse:
"He (the Lord) stretches out his heavens over empty space. He hangs the earth on nothing whatsoever."
After this, the same Jehova's witness told me:
"In the 20th century, an astronaut from space could see this was true, but how could (I don't remember the name of the said prophet) know this more than 2 thousand years ago?..."
Well,,, although they might be wrong in some other things, at first he did seem to have a point here... Didn't he?...
I did some research on the Internet, and I learned that this passage refers to Job 26:7.
And apparently, the literal version is:
"He stretches out the north over the void and hangs the earth on nothing".
"He (the Lord) stretches out his heavens over empty space. He hangs the earth on nothing whatsoever."
After this, the same Jehova's witness told me:
"In the 20th century, an astronaut from space could see this was true, but how could (I don't remember the name of the said prophet) know this more than 2 thousand years ago?..."
Well,,, although they might be wrong in some other things, at first he did seem to have a point here... Didn't he?...
I did some research on the Internet, and I learned that this passage refers to Job 26:7.
And apparently, the literal version is:
"He stretches out the north over the void and hangs the earth on nothing".