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26:1 Then Job <0347> replied <06030>: 26:2 “How <04100> you have helped <05826> the powerless <03581> <03808>! How you have saved <03467> the person who has no <03808> strength <05797>! 26:3 How <04100> you have advised <03289> the one without <03808> wisdom <02451>, and abundantly <07230> revealed <03045> your insight <08454>! 26:4 To <0854> whom <04310> did you utter <05046> these words <04405>? And whose <04310> spirit <05397> has come forth <03318> from <04480> your mouth? 26:5 “The dead <07496> tremble <02342>– those beneath <08478> the waters <04325> and all that live <07931> in them. 26:6 The underworld <07585> is naked <06174> before <05048> God; the place of destruction <011> lies uncovered <03682> <0369>. 26:7 He spreads out <05186> the northern <06828> skies over <05921> empty space <08414>; he suspends <08518> the earth <0776> on <05921> nothing <01099>. 26:8 He locks <06887> the waters <04325> in his clouds <05645>, and the clouds <06051> do not <03808> burst <01234> with the weight <08478> of them. 26:9 He conceals <0270> the face <06440> of the full moon <03678>, shrouding <06576> it with <05921> his clouds <06051>. 26:10 He marks out <02328> the horizon <02706> on <05921> the surface <06440> of the waters <04325> as <05704> a boundary <08503> between <05973> light <0216> and darkness <02822>.

• Job 26:1-4 -- Job's Reply to Bildad
• Job 26:5-14 -- A Better Description of God's Greatness

• JOB, BOOK OF

  [isbe] JOB, BOOK OF - || I. INTRODUCTORY 1. Place in the Canon 2. Rank and Readers II. THE LITERARY FRAMEWORK 1. Setting of Time, Place and Scene 2. Characters and Personality 3. Form and Style III. THE COURSE OF THE STORY A) To Jo...
  

• Job

  [nave] JOB 1. A man who dwelt in Uz, Job 1:1. Righteousness of, Job 1:1, 5, 8; 2:3; Ezek. 14:14, 20. Riches of, Job 1:3. Trial of, by affliction of Satan, Job 1:13-19; 2:7-10. Fortitude of, Job 1:20-22; 2:10; Jas. 5:11. Visite...
  

• God

  [nave] GOD. List of Sub-Topics Miscellany; Unclassified Scriptures Relating to; Access to; Compassion of; Creator; Creator of Mankind; Eternity of; Faithfulness of; Fatherhood of; Favor of; Foreknowledge of; Glory of; Goodness of...
  

• Science

  [nave] SCIENCE Observations of, and deductions from, facts, Job 26:7-14; 28; Eccl. 1:13-17. So-called, false, 1 Tim. 6:20. The key of knowledge, Luke 11:52; Rom. 2:20. See: Geology; Astronomy; Philosophy.
  

• ABADDON

  [ebd] destruction, the Hebrew name (equivalent to the Greek Apollyon, i.e., destroyer) of "the angel of the bottomless pit" (Rev. 9:11). It is rendered "destruction" in Job 28:22; 31:12; 26:6; Prov. 15:11; 27:20. In the last three...
  [isbe] ABADDON - a-bad'-on ('abhaddon, "ruin," "perdition," "destruction"): Though "destruction" is commonly used in translating 'abhaddon, the stem idea is intransitive rather than passive--the idea of perishing, going to ruin, be...
  

• SHEOL

  [isbe] SHEOL - she'-ol (she'ol): 1. The Name 2. The Abode of the Dead (1) Not a State of Unconsciousness (2) Not Removed from God's Jurisdiction (3) Relation to Immortality 3. Post-canonical Period 1. The Name: This word is often t...
  

• Meteorology and Celestial Phenomena

  [nave] METEOROLOGY AND CELESTIAL PHENOMENA. Gen. 2:5, 6; Gen. 27:39; Job 9:7; Job 26:7, 8, 11; Job 27:20, 21; Job 28:24-27; Job 29:19; Job 36:27-33; Job 37:6-22; Job 38:9 [with vs. 8-11.] Job 38:22, 24-29, 31-35, 37; Psa. 18:8-15;...
  

• DEATH

  [isbe] DEATH - (maweth; thanatos): PHYSIOLOGICAL AND FIGURATIVE VIEW The word "Death" is used in the sense of (1) the process of dying (Gen 21:16); (2) the period of decease (Gen 27:7); (3) as a possible synonym for poison (2 Ki 4:...
  

• Land, Land Masses

  [nave] LAND, LAND MASSES Gen. 1:9, 10; Job 26:7, 10; 28:8-11; 38:4-18; Psa. 95:5; 104:5-9; 136:6; Prov. 8:29; 30:4. See: Geology.
  

• Hades

  [isbe] HADES - ha'-dez (Haides, haides, "not to be seen"): Hades, Greek originally Haidou, in genitive, "the house of Hades," then, as nominative, designation of the abode of the dead itself. The word occurs in the New Testament in...
  [nave] HADES 1. The unseen world, translated hell in A.V., Matt. 11:23; 16:18; Luke 10:15; 16:23; Acts 2:27, 31; Rev. 1:18; 6:8; 20:13, 14. See: Hell; Sheol. Realm, or State, of the Dead usually expressed in Hebrew by Sheol and ...
  

• ASTRONOMY, III

  [isbe] ASTRONOMY, III - III. Physiography. 1. The Circle of the Earth: It has generally been assumed that the Hebrews considered the earth to be a vast circular plain, arched over by a solid vault--"the firmament"--above which were...
  

• Earth

  [nave] EARTH Primitive condition of, Gen. 1:2, 6, 7; Job 26:7; Psa. 104:5-9; Jer. 4:23. Design of, Isa. 45:18. Ancient notions concerning, 1 Sam. 2:8; Job 9:6; Rev. 7:1. Cursed of God, Gen. 3:17, 18; Rom. 8:19-22. Circle of, Is...
  

• Astronomy

  [nave] ASTRONOMY. Job 26:7, 13; Job 37:18; Job 38:31-33; Psa. 8:3; Psa. 19:1-6; Psa. 68:33; Psa. 136:5-9; Isa. 13:10; Isa. 40:22, 26; Isa. 47:13; Jer. 31:35-37; Jer. 33:22; Amos 5:8; 1 Cor. 15:41; Jude 13 Celestial Phenomena Jos...
  

• THRONE

  [isbe] THRONE - thron. (kicce', a "seat" in 2 Ki 4:10; a "royal seat" in Jon 3:6; thronos): Usually the symbol of kingly power and dignity. Solomon's throne was noted for its splendor and magnificence (1 Ki 10:18-20; compare 2 Ch 9...
  

• RESURRECTION

  [isbe] RESURRECTION - rez-u-rek'-shun (in the New Testament anastasis, with verbs anistemi, "stand up," and egeiro, "raise." There is no technical term in the Old Testament, but in Isa 26:19 are found the verbs chayah, "live," kum ...
  

• BOUNDS

  [isbe] BOUNDS - boundz: gabhal = "to twist" (as a rope), "to make an enclosure" (as by a line) occurs in Ex 19:12,23; Ps 104:9; gebhul = "a cord," hence, "a boundary," "territory" (Ex 23:31 the King James Version), with its feminin...
  

• Hell

  [nave] HELL The word used in the King James Version of the O.T. to translate the Hebrew word sheol, signifying the unseen state, in Deut. 32:22; 2 Sam. 22:6; Job 11:8; 26:6; Psa. 9:17; 16:10; 18:5; 55:15; 86:13; 116:3; 139:8; Prov....
  

• APOLLYON

  [isbe] APOLLYON - a-pol'-i-on (Apolluon; 'abhaddon, "destroyer"): Present participle of the verb apolluo, "to destroy." I. Definition. A proper name, original with the author of the Apocalypse and used by him once (Rev 9:11) as a t...
  

• Sea

  [nave] SEA Creation of, Gen. 1:9, 10; Psa. 95:5; 148:4, 5. Limits of, established by God, Psa. 1:9; Job 26:10; 38:8; Psa. 33:7; Jer. 5:22. Calmed by Jesus, Matt. 8:24-26; Mark 4:37-39. Jesus walked on, Matt. 14:25-31. Dead, to ...
  

• Time

  [nave] TIME Begiing of, Gen. 1:1, 14. Epochs of: Before the flood, Josh. 24:2. The exodus, Ex. 19:1; 40:17; 1 Kin. 6:1. Daniel's reckoning of time, and times, and half times, Dan. 7:25; 12:7. Indicated by a sundial, 2 Kin. 20:9...
  

• How does the Bible demonstrate its accuracy about scientific data?
  I'll quote a few from, Science and the Bible, 1951, Henry M. Morris, Renewal 1979, By Henry M. Morris, 1986, By Henry M. Morris, Moody Press. 1. Consider the field of astronomy, for example. Since ancient times, peopl...
• Does the Bible speak more about Hell than Heaven?
  I've heard and read the same statement a number of times, but have never troubled myself to look up each passage. I'm not surprised that looking up "heaven" and "hell" in a concordance would give you contradictory results. T...

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