Job 40:23
What meaning of the job 40:23 in the Bible?
What does Job 40:23 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth."
What does Job 40:23 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth."
Verse Job 40:23. _BEHOLD, HE DRINKETH UP A RIVER_] A similar mode of expression, and of precisely the same meaning, as that in Job 39:24: "He swalloweth the ground with fierceness." No river can stop...
BEHOLD HE DRINKETH UP A RIVER - Margin, “oppresseth.” The margin expresses the proper meaning of the Hebrew word, עשׁק _‛__âshaq_. It usually means to oppress, to treat with violence and injustice; a...
CHAPTER 40 _ 1. The answer demanded (Job 40:1)_ 2. Job's answer (Job 40:3) 3. Jehovah's appeal to Job (Job 40:6) 4. Behold behemoth! (Job 40:15) Job 40:1. Now comes the direct word of Jehovah out...
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...
TRUSTETH. believeth. Hebrew. _batah._ App-69....
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...
BEHOLD, HE DRINKETH UP A RIVER— _Should an inundation of the river suddenly overtake him, he would not be in the least fear: he trusteth that he can spout forth Jordan through his mouth._ Bochart and...
2. Jehovah relates more marvels of his creation. (Job 40:15, Job 41:34) TEXT 40:15-24 15 BEHOLD NOW, BEHEMOTH, WHICH I MADE AS WELL AS THEE; He eateth grass as an ox. 16 Lo now, his strength is in...
_BEHOLD NOW BEHEMOTH, WHICH I MADE WITH THEE; HE EATETH GRASS AS AN OX._ God shows that if Job cannot bring under control the lower animals, of which he selects the two most striking (Behemoth on lan...
THE SECOND SPEECH OF THE ALMIGHTY Job, we know, in his anxiety to prove his integrity had been led into casting doubts on the justice of God's government of the world. He is here ironically invited t...
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 40 GOD CONTINUES HIS SPEECH...
BEHOLD, HE DRINKETH UP A RIVER. — This verse is better rendered, _Behold, if a river overflow_ (or, _is violent_)_, he trembleth not_ (or, _hasteneth not_)_; he is confident, though Jordan swell up to...
הֵ֤ן יַעֲשֹׁ֣ק נָ֭הָר לֹ֣א יַחְפֹּ֑וז יִבְטַ֓ח ׀ כִּֽי ־יָגִ֖יחַ יַרְדֵּ֣ן אֶל ־פִּֽיהוּ׃...
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 submi...
“HAST THOU AN ARM LIKE GOD?” Job 40:1 God seemed to await Job's reply to His questions. Job had protested that he would fill his mouth with arguments, but none was forthcoming. That vision of God ha...
There is a pause in the unveiling as Jehovah speaks directly to His servant and asks for an answer to the things that He has said. The answer is full of suggestiveness. The man who in mighty speech an...
Behold, he drinketh up a river, (k) [and] hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth. (k) He drinks at leisure, and fears nobody....
(15) В¶ Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox. (16) Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly. (17) He moveth his tail like a ced...
God Speaks Job Repents I. INTRODUCTION A. Last week we covered a lot of territory! 1. We finished with Elihu's speeches to Job and found that, although he was a lot more accurate in what he had to...
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, a...
BEHOLD, HE DRINKETH UP A RIVER, [AND] HASTETH NOT,.... The elephant is indeed a very thirsty animal, and drinks largely; the philosopher l says it drinks nine Macedonian bushels at a feeding, and that...
Behold, he drinketh up a river, [and] hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth. Ver. 23. _Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not_] viz. Through fear, _tanquam canis...
_Behold, he drinketh up a river_ A great quantity of water, hyperbolically called a river. He _swalloweth_ the waters to such a degree, says Aben Ezra, as to diminish their fulness. This may be fitly...
Job's Weakness Contrasted with the Strength Even of the Hippopotamus...
GOD'S CHALLENGE AND JOB'S RESPONSE (vv.1-5) Job had said that if God would only listen to him, he would present his whole case in showing how God was unfair in His dealings (ch.33:3-5). Therefore n...
HE DRINKETH: _ Heb._ he oppresseth...
He is so large that. rushing river does not alarm him....
15-24 God, for the further proving of his own power, describes two vast animals, far exceeding man in bulk and strength. Behemoth signifies beasts. Most understand it of an animal well known in Egypt,...
HE DRINKETH UP; or, _he snatcheth_, or _draweth_, or drinketh up as it were with force and violence, as the word signifies. A RIVER, i.e. a great quantity of water, hyperbolically called a river, as i...
Job 40:23 river H5104 rage H6231 (H8799) disturbed H2648 (H8799) confident H982 (H8799) Jordan H3383 gushes H1518 (H8799) mouth H6310 drinketh - Heb. oppresseth, Isaiah 37:25 hasteth - Psalms 55:8; I...
CONTENTS: God's challenge to Job continued. Job's answer. CHARACTERS: God, Job. CONCLUSION: A real vision of God's power and wisdom changes men's opinions of themselves and silences their disputes w...
Job 40:4. _Behold, I am vile._ Job boldly answered his friends; but when the Lord speaks, he lays his mouth in the dust. Job 40:15. _Behold now behemoth._ Here sacred criticism is divided in opinion;...
_Moreover, the Lord answered Job, and said._ JEHOVAH’S ANSWER Its language has reached, at times, the “high-water mark” of poetry and beauty. Nothing can exceed its dignity, its force, its majesty, t...
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 40:6 Job knew what it was like to be misunderstood and misjudged by his friends. The Lord now shows Job how he had misjudged the Lord’s rule over the world (Job 40:6). Job had displaye...
NOTES Job 40:15. “_Behold turn behemoth_.” Various opinions as to what is meant by the term “behemoth.” According to GESENIUS, בְּהֵמוֹת (_behemoth_) is the plural of בְּהֵמָה (_behemah_, from the unu...
EXPOSITION JOB 40:1 Between the first and the second part of the Divine discourse, at the end of which Job wholly humbles himself (Job 42:1), is interposed a short appeal on the part of tile Almight...
Moreover the Lord answered Job, and said, Shall he that contends with the Almighty instruct him? (Job 40:1-2) "Job, are you trying to instruct me?" Isn't that ridiculous? Can you think of anybody tryi...
Genesis 13:10; Isaiah 28:16; Isaiah 37:25; Joshua 3:15; Psalms 55:8...
River — A great quantity of water, hyperbolically called a river. Hasteth not — He drinks not with fear and caution; but such is his courage, that he fears no enemy either by water or by land. He drin...