Job 26

Job · Chapter 26

Job 26:12

1But Job answered and said,2How hast thou helped him that is without power? how savest thou the arm that hath no strength?3How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom? and how hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is?4To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee?5Dead things are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof.6Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.7He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.8He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.9He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it.10He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.11The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof.12He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud.13By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent.14Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?

King James Version (1769)

Other translations

VerseKJVBSBASV
12He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud.By His power He stirred the sea; by His understanding He shattered Rahab.He stirreth up the sea with his power, And by his understanding he smiteth through Rahab.

In context

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Original Hebrew words

EnglishHebrewSay itStrong'sMeaning
by power hisבְּ֭כֹחוֹbe-kho-choH3581B
strength

כֹּחַ (ko.ach) 1) strength, power, might 1a) human strength 1b) strength (of angels) 1c) power (of God) 1d) strength (of animals) 1e) strength, produce, wealth (of soil)

he stirred upרָגַ֣עra-GA'H7280A
to disturb

רָגַע (ra.ga) 1) to act in an instant, stir up, disturb 1a) (Qal) to stir up, disturb 1b) (Hiphil) to make a twinkling

the seaהַיָּ֑םhai-YAMH3220G
sea

יָם (yam) : sea 1) sea 1a) Mediterranean Sea 1b) Red Sea 1c) Dead Sea 1d) Sea of Galilee 1e) sea (general) 1f) mighty river (Nile) 1g) the sea (the great basin in the temple court) 1h) seaward, west, westward

and by understanding hisוּ֝בִתְבוּנָת֗וֹu-vi-tu-ve-na-tovH8394
understanding

תְּבוּנָה (ta.vu.nah) 1) understanding, intelligence 1a) the act of understanding 1a1) skill 1b) the faculty of understanding 1b1) intelligence, understanding, insight 1c) the object of knowledge 1d) teacher (personification)

he shatteredמָ֣חַץMA-chatzH4272
to wound

מָחַץ (ma.chats) 1) to smite through, shatter, wound severely 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to shatter 1a2) shattering (participle)

Rahabרָֽהַב׃RA-havH7294
Rahab monster

רַ֫הַב (ra.hav) Rahab = "breadth" mythical sea monster, lit. "storm", "arrogance", but only as names

Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.