Job 26:11

What does Job 26:11 mean?

A plain-English look at Job 26:11 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

The pillars of heaven tremble And are astonished at his rebuke.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

The pillars of heaven tremble And are astonished at his rebuke.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

The pillars of heaven are shaking, and are overcome by his sharp words.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Pillars of the heavens do tremble, And they wonder because of His rebuke.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

The pillars of heaven tremble, and dread at his beck.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

The pillars of the heavens tremble and are astonished at his rebuke.

Context

v.10He hath described a boundary upon the face of the waters, Unto the confines of light and darkness.

v.11This passage

v.12He stirreth up the sea with his power, And by his understanding he smiteth through Rahab.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 2 Peter 3:10

    But the day of the Lord will come as a thief; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall be dissolved with fervent heat, and the earth and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

  • Hebrews 12:26

    whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more will I make to tremble not the earth only, but also the heaven.

  • Revelation 20:11

    And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat upon it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.

  • Psalms 18:7

    Then the earth shook and trembled; The foundations also of the mountains quaked And were shaken, because he was wroth.

  • 1 Samuel 2:8

    He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, He lifteth up the needy from the dunghill, To make them sit with princes, And inherit the throne of glory: For the pillars of the earth are Jehovah’s, And he hath set the world upon them.

  • Haggai 2:21

    Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, I will shake the heavens and the earth;

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