Job 26:5 - Forerunner Commentary

Job 26:5

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3 How have you counseled one who has no wisdom?
And how have you declared sound advice to many?

4 To whom have you uttered words?
And whose spirit came from you?

5 “The dead tremble,
Those under the waters and those inhabiting them.

6 ^aSheol is naked before Him,
And Destruction has no covering.

7 ^aHe stretches out the north over empty space;
He hangs the earth on nothing.

8 ^aHe binds up the water in His thick clouds,
Yet the clouds¹ are not broken under it.

9 He covers the face of His throne,
And spreads His cloud over it.

10 ^aHe drew a circular horizon on the face of the waters,
At the boundary of light and darkness.

11 The pillars of heaven tremble,
And are¹ astonished at His rebuke.

12 ^aHe stirs up the sea with His power,
And by His understanding He breaks up¹ the storm.

13 ^aBy His Spirit He adorned the heavens;
His hand pierced ^bthe fleeing serpent.

14 Indeed these are the mere edges of His ways,
And how small a whisper we hear of Him!
But the thunder of His power who can understand?”

Verse Comparison: Job 26:5

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American Standard Version
They that are deceased tremble Beneath the waters and the inhabitants thereof.

Amplified® Bible
The shades of the dead tremble underneath the waters and their inhabitants.

Contemporary English Version
Remember the terrible trembling of those in the world of the dead below the mighty ocean.

Darby English Version
The shades tremble beneath the waters and the inhabitants thereof;

Good News Bible
The spirits of the dead tremble in the waters under the earth.

King James Version
Dead things are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof.

New American Standard Bible
"The departed spirits tremble Under the waters and their inhabitants.

New International Version
"The dead are in deep anguish,
those beneath the waters and all that live in them.

New King James Version
“The dead tremble,
Those under the waters and those inhabiting them.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"The departed spirits tremble Under the waters and their inhabitants.

Revised Standard Version
The shades below tremble, the waters and their inhabitants.

Young's Literal Translation
The Rephaim are formed, Beneath the waters, also their inhabitants.

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