Job 9:13

God does not restrain his anger; ¹  under him the helpers of Rahab ²  lie crushed. ³ 

Job 26:12; Job 40:9-11; Isa 30:7; Isa 31:2,3; Jas 4:6,7

¹ sn The meaning of the line is that God’s anger will continue until it has accomplished its purpose (23:13-14).

² sn “Rahab” is not to be confused with the harlot of the same name from Jericho. “Rahab” is identified with Tiamat of the Babylonian creation epic, or Leviathan of the Canaanite myths. It is also used in parallelism to the sea (26:12), or the Red Sea (Ps 74:13), and so comes to symbolize Egypt (Isa 30:7). In the Babylonian Creation Epic there is reference to the helpers of Tiamat. In the Bible the reference is only to the raging sea, which the Lord controlled at creation.

³ tn The verb שָׁחַח (shakhakh) means “to be prostrate” or “to crouch.” Here the enemies are prostrate under the feet of God – they are crushed.