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Answer:
The section in Job that this passage is dealing with is the "Creation - the canopy for God's Appearing". When God comes on the scene, he shakes the earth, performs great deeds, etc. He does not "restrain his anger" until every power, earthly and cosmic, lie prostate before him (literal Hebrew there). God has victory over the "cohorts of Rahab," and "it" was a legendary monstor along with Leviathan and Tannin who inhabited the "depths of the sea." So the ideas surrounds the "chaos" that runs in opposition to the work and power of God (i.e. Israel's neighbors ultimately) but God is the master over all cosmic forces, including his enemies. (cf. Job 26:12)
rahab • 1) pride, blusterer 1a) storm, arrogance (but only as names) 1a1) mythical sea monster 1a2) emblematic name of Egypt
Interesting eh?
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