Job 9:8

9:8 he alone spreads out the heavens,

and treads ¹  on the waves of the sea; ² 

Job 11:9

11:9 Its measure is longer than the earth,

and broader than the sea.

[9:8]  ¹ tn Or “marches forth.”

[9:8]  ² tn The reference is probably to the waves of the sea. This is the reading preserved in NIV and NAB, as well as by J. Crenshaw, “Wÿdorek `al-bamote ‘ares,” CBQ 34 (1972): 39-53. But many see here a reference to Canaanite mythology. The marginal note in the RSV has “the back of the sea dragon.” The view would also see in “sea” the Ugaritic god Yammu.