13By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.
Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth.
Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters. …
By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth. …
And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
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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