Job 26:12
The sea is calme by his power, and by his vnderstanding he smiteth the pride thereof.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 heauen tremble and quake at his reproofe.
13His Spirite hath garnished the heauens, and his hand hath formed the crooked serpent.
Cross References
Job 9:13God will not withdrawe his anger, and the most mightie helpes doe stoupe vnder him.
Job 40:11Behold now, his strength is in his loynes, and his force is in the nauil of his belly.
Psalms 74:13Thou didest deuide the sea by thy power: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.
Psalms 93:3The floodes haue lifted vp, O Lord: the floodes haue lifted vp their voyce: the floods lift vp their waues.
Isaiah 2:12For the day of the Lord of hostes is vpon all the proude and hautie, and vpon all that is exalted: and it shalbe made lowe.
Isaiah 51:15And I am the Lord thy God that deuided the Sea, when his waues roared: the Lord of hostes is his 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 →