Job 26:13 “By His breath the skies were cleared; His hand pierced the fleeing ser…”

Job 26:13

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent.

World English Bible

By his Spirit the heavens are garnished. His hand has pierced the swift serpent.

American Standard Version

By his Spirit the heavens are garnished; His hand hath pierced the swift serpent.

Geneva Bible 1599

His Spirite hath garnished the heauens, and his hand hath formed the crooked serpent.

Darby Translation

By his Spirit the heavens are adorned; his hand hath formed the fleeing serpent.

Young's Literal Translation

By His Spirit the heavens He beautified, Formed hath His hand the fleeing serpent.

Bible in Basic English

By his wind the heavens become bright: by his hand the quickly moving snake was cut through.

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Cross references

“his spirit”

Psalm 104:30 Genesis 1:2 Psalm 33:6 Psalm 33:7

Psalm 104:30 · BSB

When You send Your Spirit, they are created, and You renew the face of the earth.

Genesis 1:2 · BSB

Now 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.

Psalm 33:6 · BSB

By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, and all the stars by the breath of His mouth.

Psalm 33:7 · BSB

He piles up the waters of the sea; He puts the depths into storehouses.

“the crooked serpent”

Isaiah 27:1 Revelation 12:9 Psalm 74:13 Psalm 74:14

Isaiah 27:1 · BSB

In 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.

Revelation 12:9 · BSB

And the great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.

Psalm 74:13 · BSB

You divided the sea by Your strength; You smashed the heads of the dragons of the sea;

Psalm 74:14 · BSB

You crushed the heads of Leviathan; You fed him to the creatures of the desert.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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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