Job 41:1-34

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 he contend with Him who made it? The crocodile is found in the Crocodile River under Carmel as well... [ Continue Reading ]

Job 41:4

WILT THOU TAKE] RV 'That thou shouldest take.' 6A. RV 'Shall the bands _of fishermen_ make traffic of him?' MERCHANTS] lit. 'Canaanites' or 'lowlanders'on the trading route from Syria to Egypt, who were great merchants. Their name is sometimes used for merchants generally: cp. Proverbs 31:24; Isaia... [ Continue Reading ]

Job 41:9

THE HOPE OF HIM] i.e. of overcoming him. 10, 11. If the creature is so great, who can withstand the Creator? 11. PREVENTED ME] RV 'first given unto me.'... [ Continue Reading ]

Job 41:14

DOORS OF HIS FACE] his mouth. 14B. RV 'Round about his teeth is terror.' 18A. RV 'His neesings (i.e. sneezings or snortings) flash forth light.' This and the following vv. poetically describe the snorting and heated breath and spray thrown from the crocodile's mouth. 18B. In the Egyptian hieroglyph... [ Continue Reading ]

Job 41:20

CALDRON] The crocodile's breath is likened to vapour that rises from a steaming pot. 22B. RV 'And terror danceth before him.' 25B. RV 'By reason of consternation they are beside themselves.' But the v. may perhaps, with a slight alteration of the text, be rendered: 'When he raiseth himself up the... [ Continue Reading ]

Job 41:31

He lashes the water into foam. LIKE A POT OF OINTMENT] perhaps a reference to the strong musky smell of the crocodile.... [ Continue Reading ]

Job 41:34

The meaning is probably, 'Everything that is high feareth him: He is king over all the sons of pride,' i.e. the other great beasts (Job 28:8). THE SPEECHES OF THE ALMIGHTY When the human debate was over, and Job had proudly asserted his readiness to confront God, conscious of his innocence (Job 31:... [ Continue Reading ]

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