Job 26:5
What does Job 26:5 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 26:5 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000They that are deceased tremble Beneath the waters and the inhabitants thereof.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Dead things are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901They that are deceased tremble Beneath the waters and the inhabitants thereof.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949The shades in the underworld are shaking; the waters and those living in them.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862The Rephaim are formed, Beneath the waters, also their inhabitants.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Behold the giants groan under the waters, and they that dwell with them.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890The shades tremble beneath the waters and the inhabitants thereof;
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Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 41:1
Canst thou draw out leviathan with a fishhook? Or press down his tongue with a cord?
- Genesis 6:4
The Nephilim were in the earth in those days, and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them: the same were the mighty men that were of old, the men of renown.
- Psalms 88:10
Wilt thou show wonders to the dead? Shall they that are deceased arise and praise thee? [Selah
- Psalms 104:25
Yonder is the sea, great and wide, Wherein are things creeping innumerable, Both small and great beasts.
- Ezekiel 29:3
speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great monster that lieth in the midst of his rivers, that hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself.
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