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Verse Job 41:26. _HABERGEON._] The hauberk, the Norman armour for the
head, neck, and breast, formed of rings. See on Nehemiah 4:16....
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THE SWORD OF HIM THAT LAYETH AT HIM - The word “sword” here
(חרב _chereb_) means undoubtedly “harpoon,” or a sharp
instrument by which an attempt is made to pierce the skin of the
monster.
CANNOT HOL...
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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)...
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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...
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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...
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DART. missile. Not same word as in Job 41:29. (Hebrew. _massa')._
HABERGEON. coat of mail....
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THE HABERGEON— _The pike._ Heath and Houb. It certainly means some
missile weapon....
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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...
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_THE SWORD OF HIM THAT LAYETH AT HIM CANNOT HOLD: THE SPEAR, THE DART,
NOR THE HABERGEON._
Cannot hold - on his hard skin.
HABERGEON - coat of mail: avail must be taken by Zeugma out of
"hold," as...
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41:26 harpoon. (b-16) Or 'coat of mail.'...
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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...
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HABERGEON] RV 'pointed shaft.' An ordinary bullet will not pierce a
crocodile's scales....
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Many towns are near rivers. So a crocodile could enter a town. The
inhabitants would want to frighten it. Perhaps it will return to the
river. But the people cannot attack it. The crocodile is not afr...
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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...
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THE SWORD OF HIM THAT LAYETH AT HIM. — Literally, _As to one
approaching him_ (to slay him), _his sword cannot stand; it will snap
in his hand.
_...
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_[Job 41:18]_ מַשִּׂיגֵ֣הוּ חֶ֭רֶב בְּלִ֣י
תָק֑וּם חֲנִ֖ית...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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(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...
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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...
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THE SWORD OF HIM THAT LAYETH AT HIM CANNOT HOLD,.... It is either
broken by striking at him, or however cannot pierce him and stick in
him; but since a sword is not used in fishery, rather the harpago...
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The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart,
nor the habergeon.
Ver. 26. _The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold_] So close
are his scales, so thick his skin, that t...
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_The sword of him that layeth at him_ That approacheth to him, and
dares to strike at him; _cannot hold_ Hebrew, בלי תקום, _beli
takum, cannot stand._ Either, 1st, Cannot endure the stroke, but will
b...
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The sword of him that layeth at him, in an effort to wound or kill
him, CANNOT HOLD, it glances off without effect; THE SPEAR, THE DART,
NOR THE HABERGEON, no matter what weapon or missile is used....
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JOB'S WEAKNESS WHEN COMPARED WITH THE STRENGTH OF THE CROCODILE...
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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...
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HABERGEON:
Or, breastplate...
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THAT LAYETH AT HIM; that approacheth to him, and dare strike at him.
CANNOT HOLD, Heb. _cannot stand_, i.e. either,
1. Cannot endure the stroke, but will be broken by it. Or rather,
2. Cannot abide o...
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Job 41:26 sword H2719 reaches H5381 (H8688) avail H6965 (H8799) spear
H2595 dart H4551 javelin H8302
The
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HABERGEON
Or, breastplate....
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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)....
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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...
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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,...
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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,...
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Job 39:21...
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Hold — Heb. cannot stand, cannot endure the stroke, but will be
broken by it. The crocodile's skin, no sword, nor dart, nor musquet
bullet can pierce....