Job 26:12-13

These verses probably read,

12. He quelleth the sea with his power,

And by his understanding he smiteth through Rahab.

13. By his breath the heavens are bright,

His hand pierceth the fleeing serpent.

Others for "quelleth" or stilleth, prefer the meaning "stirreth up." Comp. Isaiah 51:15; Jeremiah 31:35. The word means "to terrify," and the parallelism of the second clause "smiteth through Rahab," which refers to the subduing of a raging monster, suggests that the sea when "terrified" or rebuked is in a state of fury, and is quelled by the power of God. So already the Sept. κατέπαυσεν. This sense is also more suitable to the words "by his power." On Rahab see notes, ch. Job 9:13.