Job 26:12

In 11 translations

BSB

By His power He stirred the sea; by His understanding He shattered Rahab.Or stilled

KJV

He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud.the proud: Heb. pride

WEB

He stirs up the sea with his power, and by his understanding he strikes through Rahab.

ASV

He stirreth up the sea with his power, And by his understanding he smiteth through Rahab.

LSV

By His power He has quieted the sea, || And by His understanding struck the proud.

YLT

By His power He hath quieted the sea, And by His understanding smitten the proud.

DBY

He stirreth up the sea by his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through Rahab.

DRC

By his power the seas are suddenly gathered together, and his wisdom has struck the proud one.

GNV

The sea is calme by his power, and by his vnderstanding he smiteth the pride thereof.

JPS

He stirreth up the sea with His power, and by His understanding He smiteth through Rahab.

LXXE

He has calmed the sea with his might, and by his wisdom the whale has been overthrown.

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WLC

בְּ֭כֹחוֹ רָגַ֣ע הַיָּ֑ם ובתובנתו מָ֣חַץ רָֽהַב׃Read aloud as (qere): וּ֝בִתְבוּנָת֗וֹ

LXX-Br

Ἰσχύϊ κατέπαυσε τὴν θάλασσαν, ἐπιστήμῃ δὲ ἔστρωται τὸ κῆτος.

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• Isaiah 51:15For I am the LORD your God who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar— the LORD of Hosts is His name.
• Jeremiah 31:35Thus says the LORD, who gives the sun for light by day, who sets in order the moon and stars for light by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—the LORD of Hosts is His name:
• Job 9:13God does not restrain His anger; the helpers of Rahab cower beneath Him.
• Psalms 89:9–10You rule the raging sea; when its waves mount up, You still them. You crushed Rahab like a carcass; You scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm.
• Job 12:13Wisdom and strength belong to God; counsel and understanding are His.
• Isaiah 51:9Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD. Wake up as in days past, as in generations of old. Was it not You who cut Rahab to pieces, who pierced through the dragon?
• Psalms 93:3–4The floodwaters have risen, O LORD; the rivers have raised their voice; the seas lift up their pounding waves. Above the roar of many waters— the mighty breakers of the sea— the LORD on high is majestic.
• Psalms 74:13You divided the sea by Your strength; You smashed the heads of the dragons of the sea;
• Exodus 14:21–31Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the LORD drove back the sea with a strong east wind that turned it into dry land. So the waters were divided, and the Israelites went through the sea…
• Psalms 114:2–7Judah became God’s sanctuary, and Israel His dominion. The sea observed and fled; the Jordan turned back; the mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs. Why was it, O sea, that you fled, O Jordan, that you…
• Isaiah 2:12For the Day of the LORD of Hosts will come against all the proud and lofty, against all that is exalted— it will be humbled—
• Job 40:11–12Unleash the fury of your wrath; look on every proud man and bring him low. Look on every proud man and humble him; trample the wicked where they stand.
• Daniel 4:37Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, for all His works are true and all His ways are just. And He is able to humble those who walk in pride.
• James 4:6But He gives us more grace. This is why it says: “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
• Psalms 29:10The LORD sits enthroned over the flood; the LORD is enthroned as King forever.

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