Job 26:12
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud."
Word-by-Word Analysis
פָּרַס
pâraç
to break in pieces, i.e. (usually without violence) to split, distribute
יָם
yâm
a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artif...
כֹּחַ
kôach
vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce); also (from its hardiness) a large lizard
תָּבוּן
tâbûwn
intelligence; by implication, an argument; by extension, caprice
נָכָה
nâkâh
to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
עָבַר
ʻâbar
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in ...
Key Terms in This Verse
פָּרַס pâraç
to break in pieces, i.e. (usually without violence) to split, distribute
Study H6536 →תָּבוּן tâbûwn
intelligence; by implication, an argument; by extension, caprice
Study H8394 →כֹּחַ kôach
vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce); also (from its hardiness) a large lizard
Study H3581 →יָם yâm
a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the sou...
Study H3220 →עָבַר ʻâbar
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)
Study H5674 →Cross References
But I am the LORD thy God, that divided the sea, whose waves roared: The LORD of hosts is his name.
Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of host...
With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding.
If God will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers do stoop under him.
Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon?
Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.
For the day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low:
But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.
Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.
The LORD sitteth upon the flood; yea, the LORD sitteth King for ever.
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