Job 26:13,Psalm 33:6

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 26:13

Job 26:13. By his Spirit Either, 1st, By his divine virtue or power, called his Spirit, Zechariah 4:6; Matthew 12:28. Or, 2d, By his Holy Spirit, to which the creation of the world is ascribed, Genesis 1:2; Job 33:4. He hath garnished the heavens Adorned or beautified them with those glorious lights, the sun, moon, and stars. His hand hath formed the crooked serpent By which he may mean all kinds of serpents, with fishes and monsters of the sea. It is the same word that is used for... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Job 26:1-14

Bildad speaks and Job replies (25:1-26:14)It seems either that Job’s friends have no answer to what he says or that they are tired of arguing with him and see no point in continuing the debate. Bildad has only a brief speech, to which Job replies, and Zophar does not speak at all.In an effort to bring Job to repentance, Bildad impresses upon him the greatness of the God with whom Job argues. His kingdom is all-powerful, his armies of angelic beings more than can be counted (25:1-3). In... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Job 26:13

spirit. Hebrew. ruach. App-9 . garnished = beautified. hath formed = doth stay. See note on Job 26:5 . crooked = fleeing. Heb barih . The word occurs only here; Isaiah 27:1 ; Isaiah 43:14 , referring to the constellation "Serpens". serpent = nachash, the shining one. Hence a serpent; here, the constellation so called. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Job 26:13

Job 26:13. By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens, &c.— It may be well asked, how come these disagreeable ideas to be joined together? How comes the forming of a crooked serpent to be mentioned as an instance of Almighty power, and to be set as it were upon an equal foot with the creation of the heavens, and all the host of them? When you read the whole chapter, all the images in which are great and magnificent, can you possibly imagine that the forming of the crooked serpent, in this... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Job 26:13

13. UMBREIT less simply, "By His breath He maketh the heavens to revive": namely, His wind dissipates the clouds, which obscured the shining stars. And so the next clause in contrast, "His hand doth strangle," that is, obscures the north constellation, the dragon. Pagan astronomy typified the flood trying to destroy the ark by the dragon constellation, about to devour the moon in its eclipsed crescent-shape like a boat (Job 3:8, Margin). But better as English Version (Job 3:8- :).... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Job 26:1-14

Job’s denunciation of Bildad’s wisdom ch. 26"Chapter 26 is one of the grandest recitals in the whole book. It is excelled only by the Lord’s speeches, as is fitting. It sounds well in Job’s mouth, and ends the dialogue, like the first movement of a symphony, with great crashing chords." [Note: Andersen, p. 216.] Job began by rebuking Bildad’s attitude (Job 26:1-4). Sarcastically he charged Bildad with the same weakness and inability Bildad had attributed to all men (Job 26:2-3). Bildad’s words... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Job 26:1-23

4. Job’s third reply to Bildad chs. 26-27Job’s long speech here contrasts strikingly with Bildad’s short preceding speech (ch. 25). In the first of these two chapters, Job addressed his remarks to Bildad’s most recent comments. In the second, he broadened his view to include all three of his companions. The "you" in Job 26:2-4 is singular in Hebrew, but the "you" in Job 27:5 is plural. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Job 26:1-14

Job’s Eighth Speech (Job 26, 27)1-4. Job taunts Bildad with the worthlessness of his remarks as a solution of the problem.2, 3, 4 are spoken ironically. 2. Him that is without power] i.e. Job himself. 4. To whom hast thou uttered words?] i.e. surely not to Job who knows it already.5-14. The manifestations of God’s power and work in the world below, in earth and in heaven. Some scholars think these vv., which are quite in the tone of Job 25:2-3, should be inserted after Job 25:3 as a misplaced... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Job 26:13

(13) The crooked serpent.—By this expression is doubtless meant the forked lightning-flash, though it is difficult to determine whether any, or what mythological ideas may underlie the expression, or whether it is anything more than a figure derived from the natural world, which suggested the similitude of the flying serpent. Others understand by it the constellation of the Northern Dragon, to whose influence storms were ascribed. read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Job 26:1-14

Appearances Job 26:7 Let us see how oftentimes appearances are false. A great many things seem to be... and are not We think we see; we say, Seeing is believing: but it is not. It does seem as though the Lord did hang the world or the earth upon nothing. But what if 'nothing' be greater than something? It would be like the Bible thus to educate us. I. Now take an instance or two in illustration of the fact that the Bible often says things which it means to be taken in the contrary way. 'The... read more