Tree of Life Version
Job 26:12
12By His power He churns up the sea; by His understanding He smashed Rahab.
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 face of the waters, for a boundary between light and dark. 11The pillars of heaven tremble, astounded at His rebuke! By His power He churns up the sea; by His understanding He smashed Rahab. 13By His Ruach the heavens are clear; His hand pierced the fleeing serpent. 14Indeed, these are but glimpses of His ways; how faint the whisper, we hear of Him! Who then can understand the thunder of His might?”
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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. Adonai drove the sea back with a strong east wind throughout the night and turned the sea into dry land. So the waters were divided.
- Psalms 29:10Adonai sits enthroned over the flood. Yes, Adonai sits as King forever.
- Psalms 74:13You split the sea with Your power. You smashed the monsters’ heads in the waters.
- Psalms 93:3The floods have lifted up, Adonai, the floods have lifted up their voice, the floods lift up their crashing waves.
- Psalms 114:2Judah became His Sanctuary, Israel His dominion.
- Isaiah 51:15“For I am Adonai your God, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—Adonai-Tzva’ot is His Name.
- Jeremiah 31:35“Only if this fixed order departs from before Me” —it is a declaration of Adonai— “then also might Israel’s offspring cease from being a nation before Me—for all time.”
- Job 40:11Scatter the fury of your anger. Look at every proud person and bring him low;
- Isaiah 2:12For the day of Adonai-Tzva’ot will be against anyone proud and haughty, against anyone lifted up—he will be humbled,
- James 4:6But He gives greater grace. Therefore it says, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
- Psalms 89:9Adonai Elohei-Tzva’ot, who is like You, mighty Adonai, with Your faithfulness all around You?
- Isaiah 51:9Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of Adonai, awake, as in days of old, the generations of long ago. Was it not You who cut Rahab in pieces, who pierced the dragon?
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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