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Job 26

Job 26:13 KJV (With Strong’s)

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By his spirit
ruwach (Hebrew #7307)
wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions)
KJV usage: air, anger, blast, breath, X cool, courage, mind, X quarter, X side, spirit((-ual)), tempest, X vain, ((whirl-))wind(-y).
Pronounce: roo'-akh
Origin: from 7306
hed hath garnished
shiphrah (Hebrew #8235)
brightness
KJV usage: garnish.
Pronounce: shif-raw'
Origin: from 8231
the heavens
shamayim (Hebrew #8064)
from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)
KJV usage: air, X astrologer, heaven(-s).
Pronounce: shaw-mah'-yim
Origin: dual of an unused singular shameh {shaw-meh'}
; his hand
yad (Hebrew #3027)
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote (as follows)
KJV usage: (+ be) able, X about, + armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, X bounty, + broad, (broken-)handed, X by, charge, coast, + consecrate, + creditor, custody, debt, dominion, X enough, + fellowship, force, X from, hand(-staves, -y work), X he, himself, X in, labour, + large, ledge, (left-)handed, means, X mine, ministry, near, X of, X order, ordinance, X our, parts, pain, power, X presumptuously, service, side, sore, state, stay, draw with strength, stroke, + swear, terror, X thee, X by them, X themselves, X thine own, X thou, through, X throwing, + thumb, times, X to, X under, X us, X wait on, (way-)side, where, + wide, X with (him, me, you), work, + yield, X yourselves.
Pronounce: yawd
Origin: a primitive word
hath formed
chuwl (Hebrew #2342)
a primitive root; properly, to twist or whirl (in a circular or spiral manner), i.e. (specifically) to dance, to writhe in pain (especially of parturition) or fear; figuratively, to wait, to pervert
KJV usage: bear, (make to) bring forth, (make to) calve, dance, drive away, fall grievously (with pain), fear, form, great, grieve, (be) grievous, hope, look, make, be in pain, be much (sore) pained, rest, shake, shapen, (be) sorrow(-ful), stay, tarry, travail (with pain), tremble, trust, wait carefully (patiently), be wounded.
Pronounce: khool
Origin: or chiyl {kheel}
the crooked
bariyach (Hebrew #1281)
from 1272; a fugitive, i.e. the serpent (as fleeing), and the constellation by that name
KJV usage: crooked, noble, piercing.
Pronounce: baw-ree'-akh
Origin: or (shortened) bariach {baw-ree'-akh}
serpent
nachash (Hebrew #5175)
a snake (from its hiss)
KJV usage: serpent.
Pronounce: naw-khawsh'
Origin: from 5172
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Psa. 33:6‑7• 6By the word of Jehovah were the heavens made, and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
 7He gathereth the waters of the sea together as a heap; he layeth up the deeps in storehouses. (Psa. 33:6‑7)

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Heaven,
Serpent,
Spirit

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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his spirit.
Gen. 1:2• 2And the earth was waste and empty, and darkness was on the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. (Gen. 1:2)
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Psa. 33:6‑7• 6By the word of Jehovah were the heavens made, and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
 7He gathereth the waters of the sea together as a heap; he layeth up the deeps in storehouses. (Psa. 33:6‑7)
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Psa. 104:30• 30Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created, and thou renewest the face of the earth. (Psa. 104:30)
the crooked serpent.
Psa. 74:13‑14• 13*Thou* didst divide the sea by thy strength; thou didst break the heads of the monsters on the waters:
 14*Thou* didst break in pieces the heads of leviathan, thou gavest him to be meat to those that people the desert. (Psa. 74:13‑14)
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Isa. 27:1• 1In that day Jehovah, with his sore and great and strong sword, will visit leviathan the fleeing serpent, and leviathan the crooked serpent; and he will slay the monster that is in the sea. (Isa. 27:1)
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Rev. 12:9• 9And the great dragon was cast out, the ancient serpent, he who is called Devil and Satan, he who deceives the whole habitable world, he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. (Rev. 12:9)
• His victory in the sky (ver. 13). (“Job 3-31” by S. Ridout)
• A clear meaning of the verb here translated “form,” is “wound, or pierce.” This accords with Isa. 27:1, where the thought is a blending of these two verses, 12, 13. The connection, therefore, would suggest the overthrow of the enemy—Satan, the embodiment of pride. (“Job 3-31” by S. Ridout)
• On the other hand we may, as some do, apply it all to the creative power of God. He has garnished the heavens, and His hands have formed the crooked serpent—the constellation Draco, which winds about the northern skies. From the astronomical knowledge displayed in the book, this is a quite possible rendering. (“Job 3-31” by S. Ridout)

J. N. Darby Translation

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By his Spirit the heavens are adorned; his hand hath formedi the fleeing serpent.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "pierced."