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Job 26:11

The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof.

KJV

Columnæ cæli contremiscunt, et pavent ad nutum ejus.

Vulgate

στύλοι οὐρανοῦ ἐπετάσθησαν, καὶ ἐξέστησαν ἀπὸ τῆς ἐπιτιμήσεως αὐτοῦ.

LXX

The pillars of heaven tremble And are astonished at his rebuke.

ASV

עַמּוּדֵ֣י שָׁמַ֣יִם יְרוֹפָ֑פוּ וְ֝/יִתְמְה֗וּ מִ/גַּעֲרָתֽ/וֹ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

5 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

גַּעֲרַ֣ת
g'rt
noun · 15×
יְרוֹפָ֑פוּ
yrvppv
verb · 1×
עַמּ֣וּד
'mvd
noun · 112×
שָּׁמַ֔יִם
shmym
noun · 419×
תִּתְמַ֖הּ
ttmh
verb · 9×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 2:8 — He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD’
  • 2Sam 22:8 — Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth.
  • Hag 2:21 — Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, I will shake the heavens and the earth;
  • Job 9:6 — Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble.
  • Job 15:15 — Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight.
  • Ps 18:7 — Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.
  • Ps 114:7 — Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob;