Job 26:13
ContextNET © | By his breath 1 the skies became fair; his hand pierced the fleeing serpent. 2 |
NIV © | By his breath the skies became fair; his hand pierced the gliding serpent. |
NASB © | "By His breath the heavens are cleared; His hand has pierced the fleeing serpent. |
NLT © | His Spirit made the heavens beautiful, and his power pierced the gliding serpent. |
MSG © | With one breath he clears the sky, with one finger he crushes the sea serpent. |
BBE © | By his wind the heavens become bright: by his hand the quickly moving snake was cut through. |
NRSV © | By his wind the heavens were made fair; his hand pierced the fleeing serpent. |
NKJV © | By His Spirit He adorned the heavens; His hand pierced the fleeing serpent. |
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NET © | By his breath 1 the skies became fair; his hand pierced the fleeing serpent. 2 |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Or “wind”; or perhaps “Spirit.” The same Hebrew word, רוּחַ (ruakh), may be translated as “wind,” “breath,” or “spirit/Spirit” depending on the context. 2 sn Here too is a reference to pagan views indirectly. The fleeing serpent was a designation for Leviathan, whom the book will simply describe as an animal, but the pagans thought to be a monster of the deep. God’s power over nature is associated with defeat of pagan gods (see further W. F. Albright, Yahweh and the Gods of Canaan; idem, BASOR 53 [1941]: 39). |