God’s Word Translation
Job 26:12
12With his power he calmed the sea. With his insight he killed Rahab ⌞the sea monster⌟.
Job 26:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud.
- New International Version (NIV)By his power he churned up the sea; by his wisdom he cut Rahab to pieces.
- English Standard Version (ESV)By his power he stilled the sea; by his understanding he shattered Rahab.
- New King James Version (NKJV)He stirs up the sea with His power, And by His understanding He breaks up the storm.
Context of Job 26:12
10He marks the horizon on the surface of the water at the boundary where light meets dark. 11The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished when he yells at them. With his power he calmed the sea. With his insight he killed Rahab ⌞the sea monster⌟. 13With his wind the sky was cleared. With his hand he stabbed the fleeing snake. 14“These are only glimpses of what he does. We ⌞only⌟ hear a whisper of him! Who can understand the thunder of his power?”
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בְּ֭כֹחוֹ רָגַ֣ע הַיָּ֑ם וּ֝בִתְבוּנָת֗וֹ מָ֣חַץ רָֽהַב׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 26:12
- Exodus 14:21Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea. All that night the Lord pushed back the sea with a strong east wind and turned the sea into dry ground. The water divided,
- Psalms 29:10The Lord sat enthroned over the flood. The Lord sits enthroned as king forever.
- Psalms 74:13You stirred up the sea with your own strength. You smashed the heads of sea monsters in the water.
- Psalms 93:3The ocean rises, O Lord. The ocean rises with a roar. The ocean rises with its pounding waves.
- Psalms 114:2Judah became his holy place and Israel became his kingdom.
- Isaiah 51:15I am the Lord your God who stirs up the sea and makes its waves roar. My name is the Lord of Armies.
- Jeremiah 31:35The Lord provides the sun to be a light during the day. He orders the moon and stars to be lights during the night. He stirs up the sea so that its waves roar. His name is the Lord of Armies. This is what the Lord says:
- Job 40:11Unleash your outbursts of anger. Look at all who are arrogant, and put them down.
- Isaiah 2:12The Lord of Armies will have his day against all who are arrogant and conceited and all who are proud of themselves (they will be humbled),
- Daniel 4:37Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, will praise, honor, and give glory to the King of Heaven. Everything he does is true, his ways are right, and he can humiliate those who act arrogantly.
- James 4:6But God shows us even more kindness. Scripture says, “God opposes arrogant people, but he is kind to humble people.”
- Psalms 89:9You rule the raging sea. When its waves rise, you quiet them.
- Isaiah 51:9Wake up! Wake up! Clothe yourself with strength, O Lord! Wake up as you did in days long past, as in generations long ago. Didn’t you cut Rahab into pieces and stab the serpent?
Commentaries on Job 26:12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12He divideth the sea with his power - Here is a manifest allusion to the passage of the Red Sea by the Israelites, and the overthrow of Pharaoh and his host, according to the opinion of the most eminent critics. He smiteth through the proud - רהב Rahab, the very name by which Egypt is called Isaiah 51:9, and elsewhere. Calmet remarks: "This appears to refer only to the passage of the Red Sea, and the destruction of Pharaoh. Were we not prepossessed with…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12He divideth the sea with His power - Herder renders this: By his power he scourgeth the sea, By his wisdom he bindeth its pride. Jerome (Vulgate), “By his power the seas are suddenly congregated together The Septuagint, “By his power - ́ ́ katepause tēn thalassan - he makes the sea calm.” Luther, Vor seiner Kraft wird das Meer plotzlich ungestum- “By his power the sea becomes suddenly tempestuous.” Noyes renders it, “By his power he stilleth the sea.”…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. 12He stirred the sea (compare Exodus 14:21; Mark 4:39; compare Isaiah 51:15; Jeremiah 31:35). God performed a miracle for his people. He shattered Rahab: God showed control over the sea symbolized as a monster ("Rahab"), challenging myths about the sea being divine. See also Psalms 74:13–14; 89:9–10; Isaiah 27:1; 51:9–10.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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