Job 26:11

Job 26:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof.
• New International Version (NIV)The pillars of the heavens quake, aghast at his rebuke.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The pillars of heaven tremble and are astounded at his rebuke.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The pillars of heaven tremble, And are astonished at His rebuke.

Context of Job 26:11

9He covers the face of the full moon And spreads His cloud over it. 10He has inscribed a circular limit (the horizon) on the face of the waters At the boundary between light and darkness. The pillars of the heavens tremble And are terrified at His rebuke. 12He stirred up the sea by His power, And by His understanding He smashed [proud] Rahab. 13By His breath the heavens are cleared; His hand has pierced the [swiftly] fleeing serpent.

Job 26:11 word by word

עַמּוּדֵ֣י שָׁמַ֣יִם יְרוֹפָ֑פוּ וְ֝יִתְמְה֗וּ מִגַּעֲרָתֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The pillarsעַמּוּד‛ammûd ‛ammûd · pillarH5982
• of heavenשָׁמַיִםshâmayim shâmeh · heavenH8064
• trembleרָפַףrûph · to trembleH7322
• and are astonishedתָּמַהּtâmahh · to astoundedH8539
• at his reproofגְּעָרָהge‛ârâh · rebukeH1606

Cross-references for Job 26:11

• 1 Samuel 2:8He raises up the poor from the dust, He lifts up the needy from the ash heap To make them sit with nobles, And inherit a seat of honor and glory; For the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s, And He set the land on them.
• Psalms 18:7Then the earth shook and quaked, The foundations of the mountains trembled; They were shaken because He was indignant and angry.
• Haggai 2:21“Speak to Zerubbabel governor of Judah, saying, ‘I am going to shake the heavens and the earth.
• Hebrews 12:26His voice shook the earth [at Mount Sinai] then, but now He has given a promise, saying, “Yet once more I will shake not only the earth, but also the [starry] heaven.”
• 2 Peter 3:10But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will vanish with a [mighty and thunderous] roar, and the [material] elements will be destroyed with intense heat, and the earth and the works that are on it will be burned up.
• Revelation 20:11And I saw a great white throne and Him who was seated upon it, from whose presence earth and heaven fled away, and no place was found for them [for this heaven and earth are passing away].
• Job 15:15Behold, God puts no trust in His holy ones (angels); Indeed, the heavens are not pure in His sight—

Commentaries on Job 26:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11The pillars of heaven tremble - This is probably a poetical description either of thunder, or of an earthquake: - "He shakes creation with his nod; Earth, sea, and heaven, confess him God." But there may be an allusion to the high mountains, which were anciently esteemed by the common people as the pillars on which the heavens rested; and when these were shaken with earthquakes, it might be said the pillars of heaven tremble. Mount Atlas was supposed to…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11The pillars of Heaven tremble - That is, the mountains, which seem to bear up the heavens. So, among the ancients. Mount Atlas was represented as one of the pillars of heaven. Virgil speaks of “Atlas whose brawny back supports the skies.” And Hesiod, ver. 785, advances the same notion: “Atlas, so hard necessity ordains, Great, the ponderous vault of stars sustains Not far from the Hesperides he stands, Nor from the load retracts his head or hands.” The…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-14Verses 5-14 Many striking instances are here given of the wisdom and power of God, in the creation and preservation of the world. If we look about us, to the earth and waters here below, we see his almighty power. If we consider hell beneath, though out of our sight, yet we may conceive the discoveries of God's power there. If we look up to heaven above, we see displays of God's almighty power. By his Spirit, the eternal Spirit that moved upon the face of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11People once believed that mountains at the edge of the horizon were the foundations or "pillars" of heaven or the earth (Judges 16:25–26; Job 9:6). They thought these mountains extended from beneath the sea's waters up to the clouds, supporting the dome of the heavens (Jonah 2:6).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5-145-14. As before in the ninth and twelfth chapters, Job had shown himself not inferior to the friends' inability to describe God's greatness, so now he describes it as manifested in hell (the world of the dead), Job 26:5, 6; on earth, Job 26:7; in the sky, Job 26:8-11; the sea, Job 26:12; the heavens, Job 26:13. Dead things are formed--Rather, "The souls of the dead (Rephaim) tremble." Not only does God's power exist, as Bildad says (Job 25:2), "in high…Read the comment

Topics related to Job 26:11

• God
• Meteorology and Celestial Phenomena
• Science

In the dictionaries

• Covering
• Portion
• Proud
• Job, Book of
• Pillar
• Rebuke
• World, Cosmological

Commentaries on Job 26

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings