Job 26:12-14

Contemporary English Version

¹²By his power and wisdom,
God conquered the force
    of the mighty ocean.^[a]
¹³The heavens became bright
    when he breathed,
and the escaping sea monster^[b]
    died at his hands.
¹⁴These things are merely a whisper
    of God's power at work.
How little we would understand
if this whisper
    ever turned into thunder!

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Footnotes

26.12 the force of the mighty ocean: The Hebrew text has “the ocean … Rahab.” In this passage the sea monster Rahab stands for the fearsome power of the ocean (see the notes at 3.8 and 9.13).
26.13 sea monster: The Hebrew text has “snake,” which probably stands for some kind of fearsome sea monster, such as Leviathan (see Isaiah 27.1).