Parallel Verses

American Standard Version

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

New American Standard Bible

“By His breath the heavens are cleared;
His hand has pierced the fleeing serpent.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

By His breath the heavens gained their beauty;
His hand pierced the fleeing serpent.

International Standard Version

He clears the skies with his wind; his hands have pierced the fleeing serpent.

A Conservative Version

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

Amplified


“By His breath the heavens are cleared;
His hand has pierced the [swiftly] fleeing serpent.

Bible in Basic English

By his wind the heavens become bright: by his hand the quickly moving snake was cut through.

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

By his spirit he polished the heavens; his hand pierced the flat serpent

King James 2000

By his spirit he has adorned the heavens; his hand has pierced the fleeing serpent.

Lexham Expanded Bible

By his breath {the heavens were made clear}; his hand pierced [the] fleeing snake.

Modern King James verseion

By His Spirit the heavens were beautiful; His hand pierced the fleeing serpent.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

With his spirit hath he garnished the heavens, and with his hand hath he wounded the rebellious serpent.

NET Bible

By his breath the skies became fair; his hand pierced the fleeing serpent.

New Heart English Bible

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

The Emphasized Bible

By his spirit, hath he arched the heavens, His hand hath pierced the fleeing serpent.

Webster

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

World English Bible

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

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
By his spirit
רוּח 
Ruwach 
Usage: 378

שׁפרה 
Shiphrah 
Usage: 1

the heavens
שׁמה שׁמים 
Shamayim 
Usage: 420

יד 
Yad 
Usage: 1612

חיל חוּל 
Chuwl 
Usage: 57

the crooked
בּרח בּריח 
Bariyach 
Usage: 3

References

Fausets

Hastings

Context Readings

God's Power Over Creation

12 He stirreth up the sea with his power, And by his understanding he smiteth through Rahab. 13 By his Spirit the heavens are garnished; His hand hath pierced the swift serpent. 14 Lo, these are but the outskirts of his ways: And how small a whisper do we hear of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?

Cross References

Isaiah 27:1

In that day Jehovah with his hard and great and strong sword will punish leviathan the swift serpent, and leviathan the crooked serpent; and he will slay the monster that is in the sea.

Genesis 1:2

And the earth was waste and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

Psalm 104:30

Thou sendest forth thy Spirit, they are created; And thou renewest the face of the ground.

Psalm 33:6-7

By the word of Jehovah were the heavens made, And all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.

Psalm 74:13-14

Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: Thou brakest the heads of the sea-monsters in the waters.

Revelation 12:9

And the great dragon was cast down, the old serpent, he that is called the Devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world; he was cast down to the earth, and his angels were cast down with him.

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