Job 26:11

“The pillars of heaven tremble, etc.] Which may be understood either of the air, the lower part of the heavens, which may be thought to be the foundation, prop, and support of them, and is sometimes called the firmament, and “the firmament of his power”, (<19F001>Psalm 150:1); and which seems to tremble when there are thunder and lightnings, and coruscations in it; or else the mountains, which, reaching up to the heavens, look as if they were the pillars and support of them; and are indeed said to be the foundations of heaven, which move and shake and tremble at the presence and power of God, and at any expressions of his wrath and anger, and particularly through earthquakes and storms, and…”

“pillars--poetically for the mountains which seem to bear up the sky (Psa 104:32). astonished--namely, from terror. Personification. his reproof-- (Psa 104:7). The thunder, reverberating from cliff to cliff (Hab 3:10; Nah 1:5).”

“The pillars of Heaven tremble - That is, the mountains, which seem to bear up the heavens. So, among the ancients. Mount Atlas was represented as one of the pillars of heaven. Virgil speaks of “Atlas whose brawny back supports the skies.” And Hesiod, ver. 785, advances the same notion: “Atlas, so hard necessity ordains, Great, the ponderous vault of stars sustains Not far from the Hesperides he stands, Nor from the load retracts his head or hands.” The word “reproof” in this verse refers to the language of God, as if spoken in anger to rebuke the mountains or the earth. Perhaps the reference is to thunder, to storms, and to winds, which seem to be the voice of God; compare Psalms 29:3-8.…”

“Pillars - Perhaps the mountains which by their height and strength seem to reach and support the heavens. Astonished - When God reproveth not them, but men by them, manifesting his displeasure by thunders, or earthquakes. Job 26:14”

“26:11 Mountains at the edge of the horizon might be the foundations (or “pillars,” Judg 16:25-26) of heaven or the earth (Job 9:6). They were thought to reach from below the waters of the sea (Jon 2:6) and up to the clouds to support the vaults of heaven.”

“pillars: Sa1 2:8; Psa 18:7; Hag 2:21; Heb 12:26, Heb 12:27; Pe2 3:10; Rev 20:11 are astonished: Job 15:15 Job 26:12”

“11 The pillars of heaven tremble And are astonished at His threatening. 12 By His power He rouseth up the sea, And by His understanding He breaketh Rahab in pieces. 13 By His breath the heavens become cheerful; His hand hath formed the fugitive dragon. The mountains towering up to the sky, which seem to support the vault of the sky, are called poetically "the pillars of heaven." ירופפוּ is Pulal, like יחוללוּ, Job 26:5; the signification of violent and quick motion backwards and forwards is secured to the verb רוּף by the Targ. אתרופף = התפּלּץ, Job 9:6, and the Talm. רפרף of churned milk, blinding eyes (comp. הרף עין, the twinkling of the eye, and Arab. rff, fut. i. o. nictare), flapping…”