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Job 9:8

Context

9:8 he alone spreads out the heavens,

and treads 1  on the waves of the sea; 2 

1 tn Or “marches forth.”

2 tn The reference is probably to the waves of the sea. This is the reading preserved in NIV and NAB, as well as by J. Crenshaw, “Wÿdorek `al-bamoteares,” CBQ 34 (1972): 39-53. But many see here a reference to Canaanite mythology. The marginal note in the RSV has “the back of the sea dragon.” The view would also see in “sea” the Ugaritic god Yammu.



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