They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered.
Ver. 17. They are joined one to another, &c.] They are lapped over one another, like tiles on a house. See Trapp on " Job 41:16 "
THEY ARE JOINED ONE TO ANOTHER - literally, “A man with his brother;” that is, each one is connected with another. There is no natural fastening of one scale with another, but they lie so close and co...
CHAPTER 41 _ 1. Leviathan, the untamable beast of power (Job 41:1)_ 2. Its description (Job 41:12) 3. His remarkable strength (Job 41:25)...
JOB 40:15 TO JOB 41:34. BEHEMOTH AND LEVIATHAN. Most scholars regard this passage as a later addition to the poem. The point of Job 40:8 is God's reply to Job's criticism of His righteousness; the des...
JOB 41. LEVIATHAN. The author regards the crocodile as impossible of capture. In Job 41:1 b perhaps the meaning is that when caught the crocodile cannot be led about by a rope round his tongue and low...
These verses refer to the close coherence of the scales to one another....
His armour of scales....
Description of the parts of Leviathan....
Job 40:6 to Job 42:6. The Lord's Second Answer to Job out of the Storm Shall Man charge God with unrighteousness in His Rule of the World? All that the first speech of the Lord touched upon was the...
TEXT 41:1-34 41 Canst thou draw out leviathan with a fishhook? Or press down his tongue with a cord? 2 Canst thou put a rope Into his nose? Or pierce his jaw through with a hook? 3 Will he make ma...
_ONE IS SO NEAR TO ANOTHER, THAT NO AIR CAN COME BETWEEN THEM._ No JFB commentary on these verses....
THE SECOND SPEECH OF THE ALMIGHTY (CONCLUDED) The second great creature, the Crocodile (with which the 'leviathan' is generally identified) is now described. If Job cannot control the crocodile, dare...
This description explains why a man cannot attack a crocodile. The crocodile would try to bite the man. And no part of the crocodile’s body seems soft enough to cut, even with a sword. AN ADVENTURE W...
JOB, A SERVANT OF GOD Job _KEITH SIMONS_ Words in boxes (except for words in brackets) are from the Bible. This commentary has been through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 41 GOD FINISHES HIS SPEECH...
_[Job 41:9]_ אִישׁ ־בְּ אָחִ֥יהוּ יְדֻבָּ֑קוּ יִ֝תְלַכְּד֗וּ...
XXVIII. THE RECONCILIATION Job 38:1 - Job 42:6 THE main argument of the address ascribed to the Almighty is contained in Chapter s 38 and 39 and in the opening verses of chapter 42. Job makes submis...
THE PARABLE OF THE CROCODILE Job 41:1 The last paragraph described the hippopotamus; the whole of this chapter is devoted to the crocodile. In a series of striking questions the voice of the Almighty...
Leviathan is almost certainly the crocodile, and there is the playfulness of a great tenderness in the suggestions Jehovah makes to Job about these fierce creations. Can Job catch him with a rope or a...
_Plate. Protestants, "habergeon." The precise nature of these arms is not known. (Calmet) --- Neither offensive or defensive weapons can avail. (Menochius) --- All agree that the crocodile can be pier...
(11) В¶ Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine. (12) I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion. (13) Who can discover...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 38 THROUGH 42. Jehovah then speaks, and addressing Job, carries on the subject. He makes Job sensible of his nothingness. Job confesses himself to be vile, an...
THEY ARE JOINED ONE TO ANOTHER,.... One scale to another, or "a man in his brother" h: which may seem to favour the notion of the whale's teeth in the sockets, which exactly answer to one another; but...
_His scales are his pride_ He prides and pleases himself in his strong and mighty scales. Hebrew, אפיקי מגנים, _aphikee maginnim, robusta scutorum, the strength_, or _strong things, of his shields are...
They are joined one to another, they stick together that they cannot be sundered, they form a perfect and impenetrable shield....
JOB'S WEAKNESS WHEN COMPARED WITH THE STRENGTH OF THE CROCODILE...
LEVIATHAN (vv.1-34) Leviathan was a water creature, and appears to be the crocodile, the most fearsome of all aquatic beasts, unless it was another similar animal, now extinct. Job could use a hook...
It is exceeding difficult, and almost impossible by any power of art, to sever them one front another....
Job 41:17 joined H1692 (H8792) one H376 another H251 together H3920 (H8691) parted H6504 (H8691)...
CONTENTS: God's challenge to Job concluded. CHARACTERS: God, Job. CONCLUSION: Man is utterly unable to contend against the Almighty. If the inferior creatures keep man in awe, how wonderful must the...
Job 41:1. _Canst thou draw out leviathan?_ This word is rendered by the LXX, “dragon.” It occurs in Isaiah 27:1, and is rendered _whale, dragon,_ and _serpent._ Men are now satisfied that it is not th...
_Canst thou draw out Leviathan?_ BEHEMOTH AND LEVIATHAN The description of the “behemoth” in the preceding chapter and the “leviathan” here suggests a few moral reflections. I. The prodigality of c...
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 41:1 The Lord describes the power of LEVIATHAN in terms of man’s inability to subdue him. He compares such power to his own (vv. Job 41:9)....
NOTES Job 41:1. “_Canst thou draw out Leviathan with a hook_.” The term “Leviathan” (לִוְיָתָן) rendered here by the SEPTUAGINT, SYRIAC, and ARABIC, “the dragon.” The VULGATE and TARGUM leave it untra...
EXPOSITION JOB 41:1 The crowning description of a natural marvel—the "leviathan," or crocodile—is now given, and with an elaboration to which there is no parallel in the rest of Scripture. It forms,...
And then in the next chapter God speaks of the leviathan. Now just what the leviathan is, they're not quite sure. Some think that it is perhaps a crocodile, some think that it's perhaps even a dragon,...
Job 19:20; Job 29:10; Job 31:7; Job 41:23...