King James Version
Job 26:13 in the King James Version says “By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent.” — study this verse from Job chapter 26 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent.”
Job 26:13 · KJV
The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof.
He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud. the proud: Heb. pride
By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent.
Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?
KJV Study — Public Domain
“By his spirit”
H7307wind; by resemblance breath, i.e., a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the
“the heavens”
H8064the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r
properly, to bore, i.e., (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin
“his hand”
H3027a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v
“the crooked”
H1281a fugitive, i.e., the serpent (as fleeing), and the constellation by that name
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