Job 26:13

By His breath the skies were cleared; His hand pierced the fleeing serpent.

Majority Standard Bible

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 He stirred the sea; by His understanding He shattered Rahab.

14Indeed, these are but the fringes of His ways; how faint is the whisper we hear of Him! Who then can understand the thunder of His power?”

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Cross References

Genesis 1:2Now the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.

Psalms 74:13You divided the sea by Your strength; You smashed the heads of the dragons of the sea;

Isaiah 27:1In that day the LORD will take His sharp, great, and mighty sword, and bring judgment on Leviathan the fleeing serpent—Leviathan the coiling serpent—and He will slay the dragon of 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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