King James Version

Job 26:13

By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent.

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בְּ֭רוּחוֹberuchvoin angerרוּחַpreposition, noun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “in anger”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7307wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions)air, anger, blast, breath, [idiom] cool, courage, mind, [idiom] quarter, [idiom] side, spirit(-ual), tempest, [idiom] vain, (whirl-) wind(-y).שָׁמַ֣יִםshamayimheavenשָׁמַיִםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “heaven”, the ordinary formH8064the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)air, [idiom] astrologer, heaven(-s).שִׁפְרָ֑הshifrahgarnishשִׁפְרָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “garnish”, the ordinary formH8235brightnessgarnish.חֹֽלֲלָ֥הcholalahbeginחָלַלverb, poel, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “begin”, a completed actionH2490properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (as if by an 'opening wedge'); to play (the flute)begin ([idiom] men began), defile, [idiom] break, defile, [idiom] eat (as common things), [idiom] first, [idiom] gather the grape thereof, [idiom] take inheritance, pipe, player on instruments, pollute, (cast as) profane (self), prostitute…יָ֝ד֗וֹyadvohandיָדnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “hand”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3027a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),([phrase] be) able, [idiom] about, [phrase] armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, [idiom] bounty, [phrase] broad, (broken-) handed, [idiom] by, charge, coast, [phrase] consecrate, [phrase] creditor, custody, debt, dominion, […נָחָ֥שׁnachashserpentנָחָשׁnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “serpent”, the ordinary formH5175a snake (from its hiss)serpent.בָּרִֽיחַbarichacrookedבָּרִיחַadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “crooked”, the ordinary formH1281a fugitive, i.e. the serpent (as fleeing), and the constellation by that namecrooked, noble, piercing.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

By His breath the heavens are serene; His hand hath pierced the slant serpent.

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American Standard Version (1901)

By his Spirit the heavens are garnished; His hand hath pierced the swift serpent.

Young’s Literal Translation

By His Spirit the heavens He beautified, Formed hath His hand the fleeing serpent.

World English Bible

By his Spirit the heavens are garnished. His hand has pierced the swift serpent.

Darby Translation

By his Spirit the heavens are adorned; his hand hath formed the fleeing serpent.

Douay-Rheims

His spirit hath adorned the heavens, and his obstetric hand brought forth the winding serpent.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

By His breath the heavens are serene; His hand hath pierced the slant serpent.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And the barriers of heaven fear him, and by a command he has slain the apostate dragon.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Κλεῖθρα δὲ οὐρανοῦ δεδοίκασιν αὐτόν· προστάγματι δὲ ἐθανάτωσε δράκοντα ἀποστάτην.