Job 26:5
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 26:5 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 26:5 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Dead things are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof. and the...: or, with the inhabitants" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 26:5 — KJV
“Dead things are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof. and the...: or, with the inhabitants”
— Job 26:5 (KJV)
Job 26:5 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 26:5
“This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.”
Shares key themes with Job 26:5: dead, things, under
“The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.”
Shares key themes with Job 26:5: under, inhabitants, thereof
“When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour.”
Shares key themes with Job 26:5: formed, under, thereof
“Egypt riseth up like a flood, and his waters are moved like the rivers; and he saith, I will go up, and will cover the earth; I will destroy the city and the inhabitants thereof.”
Shares key themes with Job 26:5: waters, inhabitants, thereof
“Thus saith the LORD; Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and shall be an overflowing flood, and shall overflow the land, and all that is therein; the city, and them that dwell therein: then the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall howl. all that...: Heb. the fulness thereof”
Shares key themes with Job 26:5: waters, inhabitants, thereof
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