Job 26:12
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“By His power He stirred the sea; by His understanding He shattered Rahab.”
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“By His power He stirred the sea; by His understanding He shattered Rahab.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud.”
King James Version · Public Domain“He stirreth up the sea with his power, And by his understanding he smiteth through Rahab.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“By His power He hath quieted the sea, And by His understanding smitten the proud.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 26:12 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 14:21Then 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,
- Job 9:13God does not restrain His anger; the helpers of Rahab cower beneath Him.
- Job 12:13Wisdom and strength belong to God; counsel and understanding are His.
- Job 40:11Unleash the fury of your wrath; look on every proud man and bring him low.
- Psalms 29:10The LORD sits enthroned over the flood; the LORD is enthroned as King forever.
- Psalms 74:13You divided the sea by Your strength; You smashed the heads of the dragons of the sea;
- Psalms 89:9You rule the raging sea; when its waves mount up, You still them.
- Psalms 93:3The floodwaters have risen, O LORD; the rivers have raised their voice; the seas lift up their pounding waves.
- Psalms 114:2Judah became God’s sanctuary, and Israel His dominion.
- 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—
- 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?
- 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:
- 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.”
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