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Job Chapter 26 verse 12 Holy Bible

ASV Job 26:12

He stirreth up the sea with his power, And by his understanding he smiteth through Rahab.
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BBE Job 26:12

By his power the sea was made quiet; and by his wisdom Rahab was wounded.
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DARBY Job 26:12

He stirreth up the sea by his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through Rahab.
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KJV Job 26:12

He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud.
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WBT Job 26:12

He divideth the sea by his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud.
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WEB Job 26:12

He stirs up the sea with his power, And by his understanding he strikes through Rahab.
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YLT Job 26:12

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

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 12. - He divideth the sea with his power. "Divideth" is certainly a wrong translation. The verb used (־ָגַע) means either "stirreth up" or "stilleth." In favour of the former rendering are Rosen-muller, Schultens, Delitzsch, Merx, and Canon Cook; in favour of the latter, the LXX., Dillmann, and Dr. Stanley Leathes. In either case the general sentiment is that God has full mastery over the sea, and can regulate its movements at his pleasure. And by his understanding he smiteth through the proud; literally, he smiteth through Rahab. (On Rahab, as the great power of evil, see the comment on Job 9:13.) God is said to have "smitten him through by his understanding" since in the contest between good and evil it is rather intelligence than mere force that carries the day. Power alone is sufficient to control the sea.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(12) He divideth the sea.--The word is taken in the two opposite senses of stirring up and calming; perhaps the latter is more appropriate to the context, which seems to speak of God's mastery over nature.By his understanding he smiteth through the proud.--Literally, Rahab, which certainly is at times a name for Egypt (see Isaiah 51:9, e.g.), and which, if used in that sense here, can only refer to the signal judgments on Egypt at the Exodus. According to our view of this matter will be the indication derived therefrom of the date of Job.