Job 26

Job · Chapter 26

Job 26:5

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
5Dead things are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof.The dead tremble— those beneath the waters and those who dwell in them.They that are deceased tremble Beneath the waters and the inhabitants thereof.

In context

Who is speaking and to whom, what is happening, when and where, and why it matters, each with its sources. Coming with the context cards.

Original Hebrew words

EnglishHebrewSay itStrong'sMeaning
the shadesהָרְפָאִ֥יםha-re-fa-'IMH7496
shade

רְפָאִים (ra.pah) ghosts of the dead, shades, spirits

they are made to trembleיְחוֹלָ֑לוּye-cho-LA-luH2342A
to twist: tremble

חוּל (chul) : tremble/fear 1) to twist, whirl, dance, writhe, fear, tremble, travail, be in anguish, be pained 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to dance 1a2) to twist, writhe 1a3) to whirl, whirl about 1b) (Polel) 1b1) to dance 1b2) to writhe (in travail with), bear, bring forth 1b3) to wait anxiously 1c) (Pulal) 1c1) to be made to writhe, be made to bear 1c2) to be brought forth 1d) (Hophal) to be born 1e) (Hithpolel) 1e1) whirling (participle) 1e2) writhing, suffering torture (participle) 1e3) to wait longingly 1f) (Hithpalpel) to be distressed

from underמִתַּ֥חַתmi-TA-chatH8478G
under

תְּחוֹת (te.chot) under Aramaic of ta.chat (תַּחַת ": under" H8478)

[the] watersמַ֝֗יִםMA-yimH4325G
water

מַי (ma.yim) 1) water, waters 1a) water 1b) water of the feet, urine 1c) of danger, violence, transitory things, refreshment (fig.)

and [those which] dwell in themוְשֹׁכְנֵיהֶֽם׃ve-sho-khe-nei-HEMH7931
to dwell

שָׁכַן (sha.khan) 1) to settle down, abide, dwell, tabernacle, reside 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to settle down to abide 1a2) to abide, dwell, reside 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to make settle down, establish 1b2) to make or cause to dwell 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to lay, place, set, establish, settle, fix 1c2) to cause to dwell or abide Aramaic equivalent: she.khan (שְׁכֵן "to dwell" H7932)

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