Job 26:13

By his Spirit the heavens are adorned; his hand hath formed the fleeing serpent.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

12He stirreth up the sea by his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through Rahab.

14Lo, these are the borders of his ways; but what a whisper of a word do we hear of him! And the thunder of his power, who can understand?

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Cross References

Genesis 1:2And the earth was waste and empty, and darkness was on the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.

Psalms 74:13*Thou* didst divide the sea by thy strength; thou didst break the heads of the monsters on the waters:

Isaiah 27:1In that day Jehovah, with his sore and great and strong sword, will visit leviathan the fleeing serpent, and leviathan the crooked serpent; and he will slay the monster that 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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