Job 26:13

By his wind the heavens become bright: by his hand the quickly moving snake was cut through.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent.

In Context

12By his power the sea was made quiet; and by his wisdom Rahab was wounded.

14See, these are only the outskirts of his ways; and how small is that which comes to our ears about him! But the thunder of his acts of power is outside all knowledge.

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Cross References

Genesis 1:2And the earth was waste and without form; and it was dark on the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God was moving on the face of the waters.

Psalms 74:13The sea was parted in two by your strength; the heads of the great sea-beasts were broken.

Isaiah 27:1In that day the Lord, with his great and strong and cruel sword, will send punishment on Leviathan, the quick-moving snake, and on Leviathan, the twisted snake; and he will put to death the dragon which is in the sea.

Matthew Henry on Job 26:6-14

The Wisdom and Power of God. ( b. c. 1520.) 5 Dead things are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof. 6 Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering. 7 He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing. 8 He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them. 9 He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it. 10 He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end. 11… Read the whole commentary →

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