I'm not inclined to be generous in interpreting Bible versions as reflecting reality, but clearly 'hanging upon nothing' is equivalent to 'floating in the void' allowing some poetic license. There's such at thing as being too literal.
"He stretches out the north over empty space,
And hangs the earth on nothing."
I have no idea what the first line is supposed to mean, but it seems clear that it is being claimed that the earth doesn't rest on anything and 'hanging on nothing' is a lot like 'not hanging on anything'. As far as I know it's the only astronomical matter the Bible gets right and I have no problem letting believers have that bone.
"He stretches out the north over empty space,
And hangs the earth on nothing."
I have no idea what the first line is supposed to mean, but it seems clear that it is being claimed that the earth doesn't rest on anything and 'hanging on nothing' is a lot like 'not hanging on anything'. As far as I know it's the only astronomical matter the Bible gets right and I have no problem letting believers have that bone.
