Job 26:12
By his strength, the seas suddenly gather together, and his foresight has struck the arrogant.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud.
In Context
11The pillars of heaven tremble and are frightened at his nod.
13His spirit has adorned the heavens, and his birthing hand has brought forth the winding serpent.
Cross References
Job 9:13God, whose wrath no one is able to resist, and under whom they bend who carry the world,
Job 40:11His strength is in his lower back, and his power is in the center of his abdomen.
Psalms 93:3How long will sinners, O Lord, how long will sinners glory?
Isaiah 2:12For the day of the Lord of hosts will prevail over all the proud and self-exalted, and over all the arrogant, and each one shall be humbled,
Isaiah 51:15But I am the Lord, your God, who stirs up the sea, and who makes the waves swell. The Lord of hosts is my name.
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 →