Job: Who Can Understand God’s Majesty?
Job 26:13
In 11 translations
- BSB
- By His breath the skies were cleared; His hand pierced the fleeing serpent.Hebrew nachash; translated in most cases as snake
- KJV
- By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent.
- WEB
- By his Spirit the heavens are garnished. His hand has pierced the swift serpent.
- ASV
- By his Spirit the heavens are garnished; His hand hath pierced the swift serpent.
- LSV
- He beautified the heavens by His Spirit, || His hand has formed the fleeing serpent.
- YLT
- By His Spirit the heavens He beautified, Formed hath His hand the fleeing serpent.
- DBY
- By his Spirit the heavens are adorned; his hand hath formed the fleeing serpent.
- DRC
- His spirit hath adorned the heavens, and his obstetric hand brought forth the winding serpent.
- GNV
- His Spirite hath garnished the heauens, and his hand hath formed the crooked serpent.
- JPS
- By His breath the heavens are serene; His hand hath pierced the slant serpent.
- LXXE
- And the barriers of heaven fear him, and by a command he has slain the apostate dragon.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- בְּ֭רוּחוֹ שָׁמַ֣יִם שִׁפְרָ֑ה חֹֽלֲלָ֥ה יָ֝ד֗וֹ נָחָ֥שׁ בָּרִֽיחַ׃
- LXX-Br
- Κλεῖθρα δὲ οὐρανοῦ δεδοίκασιν αὐτόν· προστάγματι δὲ ἐθανάτωσε δράκοντα ἀποστάτην.
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In the reference works topics that cite this verse
AstronomyGarnishCreationSerpent, CrookedConstellationsSciencePower of the Holy Spirit, TheReptilesHoly GhostTrinity, The
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Cross-references most cited first
- Isaiah 27:1In 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.
- Psalms 104:30When You send Your Spirit, they are created, and You renew the face of the earth.
- Psalms 74:13–14You divided the sea by Your strength; You smashed the heads of the dragons of the sea; You crushed the heads of Leviathan; You fed him to the creatures of the desert.
- Genesis 1:2Now 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.
- Psalms 33:6–7By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, and all the stars by the breath of His mouth. He piles up the waters of the sea; He puts the depths into storehouses.
- Revelation 12:9And 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.
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