The first thing you should do before concluding that, is determine if ancient Hebrew had a word for ball or sphere or similar. If they do, then your interpretation is unlikely. If they didn't then your interpretation will carry more weight. As it is, it sounds like you're reaching.
The first thing you should do before concluding that, is determine if ancient Hebrew had a word for ball or sphere or similar. If they do, then your interpretation is unlikely. If they didn't then your interpretation will carry more weight. As it is, it sounds like you're reaching.
I've not found a Hebrew word for sphere. But even if there is one, the figure in this verse might have been meant to refer to the circuit around the spherical earth. And an advanced Biblical knowledge of the nature of the globe is indicated by Job 26:7 where the earth is said to "hang on nothing".