12He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
But I am the LORD thy God, that divided the sea, whose waves roared: The LORD of hosts is his name.
Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of hosts is his name:
Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them. …
If God will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers do stoop under him.
With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 5-14)The truth received a great deal of light from the dispute between Job and his friends concerning those points about which they differed; but now they are upon a subject in which they were all agreed, the infinite glory and power of God. How does truth triumph, and how brightly does it shine, when there appears no other strife between the contenders than which shall speak most highly and honourably…
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