New English Translation
Job 26:12
12By his power he stills the sea; by his wisdom he cut Rahab the great sea monster to pieces.
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 out the horizon on the surface of the waters as a boundary between light and darkness. 11The pillars of the heavens tremble and are amazed at his rebuke. By his power he stills the sea; by his wisdom he cut Rahab the great sea monster to pieces. 13By his breath the skies became fair; his hand pierced the fleeing serpent. 14Indeed, these are but the outer fringes of his ways! How faint is the whisper we hear of him! But 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 14:21Moses stretched out his hand toward the sea, and the Lord drove the sea apart by a strong east wind all that night, and he made the sea into dry land, and the water was divided.
- Psalms 29:10The Lord sits enthroned over the engulfing waters, the Lord sits enthroned as the eternal king.
- Psalms 74:13You destroyed the sea by your strength; you shattered the heads of the sea monster in the water.
- Psalms 93:3The waves roar, O Lord, the waves roar, the waves roar and crash.
- Psalms 114:2Judah became his sanctuary, Israel his kingdom.
- Isaiah 51:15I am the Lord your God, who churns up the sea so that its waves surge. The Lord who commands armies is his name!
- Jeremiah 31:35The Lord has made a promise to Israel. He promises it as the one who fixed the sun to give light by day and the moon and stars to give light by night. He promises it as the one who stirs up the sea so that its waves roll. He promises it as the one who is known as the Lord who rules over all.
- Job 40:11Scatter abroad the abundance of your anger. Look at every proud man and bring him low;
- Isaiah 2:12Indeed, the Lord who commands armies has planned a day of judgment, for all the high and mighty, for all who are proud – they will be humiliated;
- Daniel 4:37Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, for all his deeds are right and his ways are just. He is able to bring down those who live in pride.
- James 4:6But he gives greater grace. Therefore it says, “God opposes the proud, but he gives grace to the humble.”
- Psalms 89:9You rule over the proud sea. When its waves surge, you calm them.
- Isaiah 51:9Wake up! Wake up! Clothe yourself with strength, O arm of the Lord! Wake up as in former times, as in antiquity! Did you not smash the Proud One? Did you not wound the sea monster?
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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