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Job 26:13

Job 26:13 is verse 13 of Job chapter 26, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

By His breath the skies were cleared; His hand pierced the fleeing serpent.

Hebrew nachash; translated in most cases as snake

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King James Version

By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent.

World English Bible

By his Spirit the heavens are garnished. His hand has pierced the swift serpent.

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Job 26:11–14 · Berean Standard Bible

11 The foundations of heaven quake, astounded at His rebuke.

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

13 By His breath the skies were cleared; His hand pierced the fleeing serpent.

14 Indeed, these are but the fringes of His ways; how faint is the whisper we hear of Him! Who then can understand the thunder of His power?”

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Genesis 1:2

Now 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

By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, and all the stars by the breath of His mouth.

Psalms 33:7

He piles up the waters of the sea; He puts the depths into storehouses.

Psalms 104:30

When You send Your Spirit, they are created, and You renew the face of the earth.

Psalms 74:13

You divided the sea by Your strength; You smashed the heads of the dragons of the sea;

Psalms 74:14

You crushed the heads of Leviathan; You fed him to the creatures of the desert.

Isaiah 27:1

In 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.

Revelation 12:9

And 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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