Job 26:11
When he is angry, it is as though he rebukes the pillars that hold up the sky. They are ◄shocked/very fearful►, and they tremble.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof.
In Context
12With his power he calmed the sea; with his skill/wisdom he destroyed Rahab, the huge sea monster.
Cross References
2 Samuel 22:8“Then it was as though the earth quaked and shook; it was as though the foundations that ◄ held up/supported► the sky trembled, because you were angry.
Psalms 18:7Then the earth quaked/shook strongly [DOU]; the mountains shook very strongly from their centers [DOU] because Yahweh was angry.
Nahum 1:6There is no one [RHQ] who can resist him when he becomes extremely angry; there is no one [RHQ] who can survive when his anger is very hot. When he is very angry, it is as though his anger is like [SIM] a blazing fire, and it is as though mountains are shattered into pieces.
Hebrews 12:26The earth shook [PRS] then when he spoke [MTY] at Sinai Mountain. But now he has promised, “I will shake the earth again, one more time, but I will shake heaven too.”
Revelation 20:11Then I saw a huge white throne on which God was sitting. He was so awesome that the earth and the sky disappeared from his presence completely; they were completely destroyed { God completely destroyed them}.
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 →