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Atomic Bible
Job 26:5
The dead tremble —
from Job: Who Can Understand God’s Majesty?, Job 26:1-14
What it says

The departed tremble beneath the waters and all who inhabit them.

What it is doing

This verse begins Job's own portrayal of God's cosmic reach.

In context

1Then Job answered: 2“How you have helped the powerless 3How you have counseled the unwise 4To whom have you uttered these words? 5The dead tremble — 6Sheol is naked before God, 7He stretches out the north over empty space; 8He wraps up the waters in His clouds, 9He covers the face of the full moon, 10He has inscribed a horizon on the face of the waters 11The foundations of heaven quake, 12By His power He stirred the sea; 13By His breath the skies were cleared; 14Indeed, these are but the fringes of His ways;