Job 26:12
By his power the seas are suddenly gathered together, and his wisdom has struck the proud one.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 dread at his beck.
13His spirit hath adorned the heavens, and his obstetric hand brought forth the winding serpent.
Cross References
Job 9:13God, whose wrath no mall can resist, and under whom they stoop that bear up the world.
Job 40:11His strength is in his loins, and his force in the navel of his belly.
Psalms 74:13Thou by thy strength didst make the sea firm: thou didst crush the heads of the dragons in the waters.
Psalms 93:3The floods have lifted up, O Lord: the floods have lifted up their voice. The floods have lifted up their waves,
Isaiah 2:12Because the day of the Lord of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and highminded, and upon every one that is arrogant, and he shall be humbled.
Isaiah 51:15But I am the Lord thy God, who trouble the sea, and the waves thereof 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 →