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Job 26:13

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

KJV

Spiritus ejus ornavit cælos, et obstetricante manu ejus, eductus est coluber tortuosus.

Vulgate

κλεῖθρα δὲ οὐρανοῦ δεδοίκασιν αὐτόν· προστάγματι δὲ ἐθανάτωσεν δράκοντα ἀποστάτην.

LXX

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

ASV

בְּ֭/רוּח/וֹ שָׁמַ֣יִם שִׁפְרָ֑ה חֹֽלֲלָ֥ה יָ֝ד֗/וֹ נָחָ֥שׁ בָּרִֽיחַ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

בָּרִ֔חַ
brch
noun · 3×
וֹ
v
verb · 143×
וֹ
v
noun · 1620×
נָּחָ֖שׁ
nchsh
noun · 31×
ר֣וּחַ
rvch
noun · 377×
שִׁפְרָ֑ה
shprh
noun · 1×
שָּׁמַ֔יִם
shmym
noun · 419×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Gen 1:1 — In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
  • Gen 1:2 — And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
  • Gen 1:6 — And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
  • Gen 1:25 — And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
  • Isa 27:1 — In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.
  • Isa 27:1 — In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.
  • Ps 33:6 — By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
  • Ps 33:6 — By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
  • Ps 74:13 — Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.
  • Ps 104:30 — Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth.
  • Ps 104:30 — Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth.