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Job 26:13

King James Version (KJV)

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— D.L. Moody

Job 26:13

Verse 13 of 14

Scripture focus

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

Job 26:13 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Job 26:13

Theological / Devotional

Spirit. Heb. ruach, which may also be rendered “wind,” as in 90 cases in the OT. The context must determine the choice of meaning. At a breath from God, that is by a wind that He sends, the heavens, lately all cloud and storm, recover their serenity. Both the storm and the calm are pictured as coming from God.

Formed. Literally, “pierced.”

The crooked serpent. Literally, “the fleeing serpent.” Job may have had in mind the war in heaven when Satan, that “old serpent,” was expelled from heaven (Rev. 12:7—9; cf. Rom. 16:20).

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