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Job 26:11
11When God is angry, he shouts at the pillars under the sky. When they hear his command, they shake with fear.
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
9When the moon is big and round, he hides it. He causes clouds to cover it. 10He marks the border between the sea and the sky. It is the place where the night finishes and the day begins. When God is angry, he shouts at the pillars under the sky. When they hear his command, they shake with fear. 12He used his power to control the sea. He used his wisdom to destroy Rahab, the great sea monster. 13He used his breath to make the sky become bright. With his hand he cut the great sea snake as it ran away.
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עַמּוּדֵ֣י שָׁמַ֣יִם יְרוֹפָ֑פוּ וְ֝יִתְמְה֗וּ מִגַּעֲרָתֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 26:11
- 1 Samuel 2:8He raises up weak people from the ground. He lifts poor people up out of the dirt. He makes them become friends of princes. He puts them in places of honour. The deep places of the earth belong to the Lord. He built the world on a strong foundation.
- Psalms 18:7Then the earth moved and it shook. Even the strong mountains shook, because God was angry.
- Haggai 2:21‘Speak to Zerubbabel, the ruler of Judah. Tell him that I will cause the sky and the whole earth to shake.
- Hebrews 12:26At Sinai mountain many years ago, God's voice caused the earth to shake. But now God has promised this: ‘Once again I will cause the earth to shake. But this time I will also cause heaven to shake.’
- 2 Peter 3:10The great day of the Lord will suddenly happen. That will surprise people, like when someone comes to rob them. There will be a very loud noise in the sky. The whole sky will go away. Fire will burn the whole universe and it will destroy everything. The earth and everything that people have made will then become clear.
- Revelation 20:11Then I saw a great white throne. I saw that God was sitting on it. The earth and the sky rushed away from the place where he sat. There was no longer any place for them.
- Job 15:15God does not even trust his own angels. He knows that they make mistakes.
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
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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
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