Topic
Serpent, Crooked
2 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Job 26:13ISBE
By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent.
- Isaiah 27:1ISBE
In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 2 references
krook'-ed: With reference to the constellation round the North Pole, in Job 26:13, the Revised Version (British and American) "the swift serpent," margin "fleeing"; and Isa 27:1, the Revised Version margin "winding." In the first part of the latter passage, the King James Version "piercing serpent" is changed in the Revised Version (British and American) to "swift serpent," margin "gliding" or "fleeing."
See ASTRONOMY, sec. II, 1.
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.