The Meaning of Job 26:12 Explained

Job 26:12

KJV: He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud.

YLT: By His power He hath quieted the sea, And by His understanding smitten the proud.

Darby: He stirreth up the sea by his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through Rahab.

ASV: He stirreth up the sea with his power, And by his understanding he smiteth through Rahab.

Discover Job 26:12

CONTEXT: What is the Context of Job 26:12?

MEANING: What does Job 26:12 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Job 26:12 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Job 26:12?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

He divideth  the sea  with his power,  and by his understanding  he smiteth  through the proud. 

What does Job 26:12 Mean?

Context Summary

Job 26:1-14 - "the Outskirts Of His Ways"
Job taunts Bildad with his reply as having imparted no help or thought. He then proceeds, Job 26:5-14, to give a description of God's power as manifested in Hades, in space, in the clouds, in the ocean, and throughout the universe. The spirits of the dead tremble before Him; the grave and destruction that veil themselves in night are stripped before His gaze; the world itself is suspended in space by invisible threads (a wonderful foreshadowing of the true theory of the earth); the waters are held in the clouds, which do not burst under their weight but act as the veil of God's throne; the sea owns His authority, hushing under His word or rising in its might; His breath brings the dawn; His hand strangles the dragon, as representing a well-known constellation, Draco. But these are only the outskirts of His ways. Great as is their acclaim as they circle His throne in thunder and splendor, they are but as a whisper compared with His divine power and Godhead. All that the scientist has known of God is, when compared with His essential nature, what the quiver of a leaf in the breeze is to the crash of the thunder-peal. This, O child of God, is thy Father, and His power is for thy defense. [source]

Chapter Summary: Job 26

1  Job, reproving the uncharitable spirit of Bildad
5  acknowledges the power of God to be infinite and unsearchable

What do the individual words in Job 26:12 mean?

With His power He stirs up the sea - and by His understanding He breaks up the storm
בְּ֭כֹחוֹ רָגַ֣ע הַיָּ֑ם [ובתובנתו] (וּ֝בִתְבוּנָת֗וֹ) מָ֣חַץ רָֽהַב

בְּ֭כֹחוֹ  With  His  power 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: כֹּחַ 
Sense: strength, power, might.
רָגַ֣ע  He  stirs  up 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: רָגַע 
Sense: to act in an instant, stir up, disturb.
הַיָּ֑ם  the  sea 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: יָם  
Sense: sea.
[ובתובנתו]  - 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
(וּ֝בִתְבוּנָת֗וֹ)  and  by  His  understanding 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: תְּבוּנָה 
Sense: understanding, intelligence.
מָ֣חַץ  He  breaks  up 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: מָחַץ  
Sense: to smite through, shatter, wound severely.
רָֽהַב  the  storm 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: רַהַב  
Sense: pride, blusterer.

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