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Job 26

Job 26:12 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Heb divideth
raga` (Hebrew #7280)
properly, to toss violently and suddenly (the sea with waves, the skin with boils); figuratively (in a favorable manner) to settle, i.e. quiet; specifically, to wink (from the motion of the eye-lids)
KJV usage: break, divide, find ease, be a moment, (cause, give, make to) rest, make suddenly.
Pronounce: raw-gah'
Origin: a primitive root
the sea
yam (Hebrew #3220)
a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the south
KJV usage: sea (X -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).
Pronounce: yawm
Origin: from an unused root meaning to roar
with his power
koach (Hebrew #3581)
from an unused root meaning to be firm; vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce); also (from its hardiness) a large lizard
KJV usage: ability, able, chameleon, force, fruits, might, power(-ful), strength, substance, wealth.
Pronounce: ko'-akh
Origin: or (Dan. 11:6) kowach {ko'-akh}
, and by his understanding
tabuwn (Hebrew #8394)
or towbunah {to-boo-naw'}; from 995; intelligence; by implication, an argument; by extension, caprice
KJV usage: discretion, reason, skilfulness, understanding, wisdom.
Pronounce: taw-boon'
Origin: and (feminine) tbuwnah {teb-oo-naw'}
tabuwn (Hebrew #8394)
or towbunah {to-boo-naw'}; from 995; intelligence; by implication, an argument; by extension, caprice
KJV usage: discretion, reason, skilfulness, understanding, wisdom.
Pronounce: taw-boon'
Origin: and (feminine) tbuwnah {teb-oo-naw'}
he smiteth
machats (Hebrew #4272)
to dash asunder; by implication, to crush, smash or violently plunge; figuratively, to subdue or destroy
KJV usage: dip, pierce (through), smite (through), strike through, wound.
Pronounce: maw-khats'
Origin: a primitive root
through τthe proud
rahab (Hebrew #7293)
from 7292, bluster(-er)
KJV usage: proud, strength.
Pronounce: rah'-hab
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Ex. 14:21• 21And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the Lord caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. (Ex. 14:21)
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Isa. 51:15• 15But I am the Lord thy God, that divided the sea, whose waves roared: The Lord of hosts is his name. (Isa. 51:15)
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pride.
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Dan. 4:37• 37Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honor the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase. (Dan. 4:37)

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divideth.
Ex. 14:21‑31• 21And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the Lord caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.
 22And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.
 23And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them to the midst of the sea, even all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, and his horsemen.
 24And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the Lord looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians,
 25And took off their chariot wheels, that they drave them heavily: so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for the Lord fighteth for them against the Egyptians.
 26And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen.
 27And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the Lord overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.
 28And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them; there remained not so much as one of them.
 29But the children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst of the sea; and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.
 30Thus the Lord saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea shore.
 31And Israel saw that great work which the Lord did upon the Egyptians: and the people feared the Lord, and believed the Lord, and his servant Moses. (Ex. 14:21‑31)
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Psa. 29:10• 10The Lord sitteth upon the flood; yea, the Lord sitteth King for ever. (Psa. 29:10)
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Psa. 74:13• 13Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters. (Psa. 74:13)
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Psa. 93:3‑4• 3The floods have lifted up, O Lord, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their waves.
 4The Lord on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea. (Psa. 93:3‑4)
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Psa. 114:2‑7• 2Judah was his sanctuary, and Israel his dominion.
 3The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back.
 4The mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills like lambs.
 5What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back?
 6Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams; and ye little hills, like lambs?
 7Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob; (Psa. 114:2‑7)
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Isa. 51:15• 15But I am the Lord thy God, that divided the sea, whose waves roared: The Lord of hosts is his name. (Isa. 51:15)
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Jer. 31:35• 35Thus saith the Lord, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The Lord of hosts is his name: (Jer. 31:35)
he smiteth.
Job 40:11‑12• 11Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him.
 12Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place. (Job 40:11‑12)
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Isa. 2:12• 12For the day of the Lord of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low: (Isa. 2:12)
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Dan. 4:37• 37Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honor the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase. (Dan. 4:37)
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James 4:6• 6But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble. (James 4:6)
the proud.
Heb. pride.
Psa. 89:9‑10• 9Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.
 10Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm. (Psa. 89:9‑10)
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Isa. 51:9• 9Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the Lord; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon? (Isa. 51:9)
• The sea is divided by His power, and by His understanding the proud (Rahab) is pierced. (“Job 3-31” by S. Ridout)

J. N. Darby Translation

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He stirreth upg the sea by his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through Rahabh.

JND Translation Notes

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g
Some read "stilleth."
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Egypt. see ch. 9.13; Isa. 30.7; 51.9.