约伯记 40:15-17 CUVS

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 40:15-24

Jehovah to Job: the second answer: 2. Concerning behemoth. I. THE RELATION OF BEHEMOTH TO OTHER ANIMALS . "He is the chief of the ways of God" (verse 19). This huge monster, this giant among beasts, as perhaps the above-cited phrase indicates, is commonly supposed to have been the hippopotamus, or Nile-horse. It is here described by a variety of particulars. 1 . Its terrific strength. Concerning this are noted: 2 . Its herbivorous appetite. "He eateth grass as an... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 40:15-24

Behemoth the great. Two monster animals, the hippopotamus and the crocodile, are set before us in typical characteristics, to idealize the great works of God in the animal kingdom. I. GOD IS THE CREATOR OF THE ANIMAL WORLD . "God made the beast of the earth after his kind" ( Genesis 1:25 ). We have not left the presence of God when we have come to study natural history. Here we may see indications of Divine thought. Even the coarsest wild animals are under the care of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 40:16

Lo now, his strength is in his loins . The strength of the hippopotamus is its principal characteristic. Weighing often two thousand kilogrammes, and of a short thick make, when roused to anger it has a force which is irresistible. In the water it upsets large beats; on land it forces its way through dense thickets and fences of all kinds. The loins are especially strong, being deep, broad, and immensely muscular . And his force is in the navel of his belly ; rather, in the muscles of his... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 40:17

He moveth his tail like a cedar . The tail of the hippopotamus is remarkably short and thick. It only bends slightly, being stiff and unyielding, like the stem of a cedar. The sinews of his stones (rather, of his thighs ) are wrapped together ; or, interwoven one with another (so Professor Lee and Mr. Houghton). read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 40:15

Behold now behemoth - Margin, “or, the elephant, as some think.” In the close of the argument, God appeals to two animals as among the chief of his works, and as illustrating more than any others his power and majesty - the behemoth and the leviathan. A great variety of opinions has been entertained in regard to the animal referred to here, though the “main” inquiry has related to the question whether the “elephant” or the “hippopotamus” is denoted. Since the time of Bochart, who has gone into... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 40:16

Lo now, his strength is in his loins - The inspection of the figure of the hippopotamus will show the accuracy of this. The strength of the elephant is in the neck; of the lion in the paw; of the horse and ox in the shoulders; but the principal power of the river-horse is in the loins; compare Nahum 2:1. This passage is one that proves that the elephant cannot be referred to.And his force is in the navel of his belly - The word which is here rendered “navel” (שׁריר shârı̂yr) means properly... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 40:17

He moveth his tail like a cedar - Margin, “setteth up.” The Hebrew word (חפץ châphêts) means “to bend, to curve;” and hence, it commonly denotes “to be inclined, favorably disposed to desire or please.” The obvious meaning here is, that this animal had some remarkable power of “bending” or “curving” its tail, and that there was some resemblance in this to the motion of the cedar-tree when moved by the wind. In “what” this resemblance consisted, or how this was a proof of its power, it is not... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 40:15

Job 40:15. Behold now behemoth The word properly means beasts, and is so understood by the LXX., whose interpretation of the verse is, ιδου θηρια παρα σοι , χορτυν ισα βουσιν εσθιουσιν , Behold the beasts with thee, they eat grass, like oxen. According to Ab. Ezra, and the Targum, it is the name of any great beast. But R. Levi says, bestiam esse specialem, that it is an animal peculiarly called by that name. This, indeed, is probable from what follows, namely, His strength is in... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 40:16

Job 40:16. His strength is in his loins He hath strength answerable to his bulk, but he is of a mild disposition, and his strength, by God’s wise and merciful providence, is not an offensive strength, consisting in, or put forth by, horns or claws, as it is in ravenous creatures, but only defensive, and seated in his loins. And his force is in the navel of his belly From hence Bochart argues that behemoth cannot be the elephant, as is generally supposed: because the strength of an... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 40:17

Job 40:17. He moveth his tail like a cedar Though the tail be but short, both in the elephant, and in the hippopotamus; yet, when it is erected, it is exceeding stiff and strong. The sinews of his stones, &c. Rather, of his thighs, as the Hebrew may be rendered. The thighs and feet of the river- horse are so sinewy and strong that one of them is able to break or overturn a large boat. read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 40:15-24

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 40:15-24

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 40:16

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 40:17

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 40:15

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 40:16

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 40:17

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 40:15

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 40:16

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 40:17

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