The Pulpit Commentary - Job 41:26
The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold . It either makes no impression or it snaps in his hand. Equally vain are the spear, the dart, and the javelin. Habergeon is a mistranslation. read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Job 41:27
He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass (rather, bronze) as rotten wood . Even the hardest metals are useless against the crocodile. Moderns observe that even firearms are of little avail against him. The back and tail, at any rate, resist musket-balls (Bochart); and a rifle-bullet will glance aside if it strikes one of the scales (Tristram); see Job 41:15 . read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Job 41:28
The arrow cannot make him flee ; literally, the son of the bow (comp. Lamentations 3:13 , where arrows are called "sons of the quiver"). Sling-stones are turned with him into stubble. (On "stubble" as a metaphor for weakness, see above, Job 21:18 , and compare the next verse.) read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Job 41:29
Darts are counted as stubble ; rather, the club is counted as stubble. Maces, either of hard wood or of metal, were used by the Assyrians. They had heavy heads, and were quite as effective weapons as either swords or spears. If a strong man could have succeeded in dealing a blow with one on the head of a crocodile, it would probably have proved fatal; but intending assailants were doubtless charged, and scattered "as stubble," before they could find opportunity to strike. He laugheth at... read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 41:26
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 hold - That is, in the hard skin. It does not penetrate it.The spear, the dart - These were doubtless often used in the attempt to take the animal. The meaning is, that “they” would not hold or stick to the animal. They flew off when hurled at him.Nor the habergeon - Margin, “breastplate.” Noyes,... read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 41:27
He esteemeth iron as straw - He regards instruments made of iron and brass as if they were straw or rotten wood. That is, they make no impression on him. This will agree better with the crocodile than any other animal. So hard is his skin, that a musket-ball will not penetrate it; see numerous quotations proving the hardness of the skin of the crooodile, in Bochart. read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 41:28
The arrow - Hebrew “the son of the bow.” So Lamentations 3:13, margin. This use of the word son is common in the Scriptures and in all Oriental poetry.Sling-stones - The sling was early used in war and in hunting, and by skill and practice it could be so employed as to be a formidable weapon; see Judges 20:16; 1Sa 17:40, 1 Samuel 17:49. As one of the weapons of attack on a foe it is mentioned here, though there is no evidence that the sling was ever actually used in endeavoring to destroy the... read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 41:29
Darts are counted as stubble - The word rendered “darts” (תותח tôthâch) occurs nowhere else in the Scriptures. It is from יתח, obsolete root, “to beat with a club.” The word here probably means clubs. Darts and spears are mentioned before, and the object seems to be to enumerate all the usual, instruments of attack. The singular is used here with a plural verb in a collective sense. read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 41:26
Job 41:26. 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 be broken by it; or, 2d, Cannot take hold of him, or abide fixed in him; but is instantly beaten back by the excessive hardness of his skin, which cannot be pierced by it. This also seems much better to agree to the crocodile, whose skin no sword, nor dart, nor (as some add)... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Job 41:1-34
Leviathan the terrible. This terrible monster has a whole chapter to himself. His portrait is painted on a broad canvas, and it is as full of life and movement as it is of form and colour. Representing the crocodile, though enlarged and idealized, leviathan is a picture of the most terrible of the works of nature. I. THERE ARE TERRIBLE THINGS IN NATURE . When we look at the cruel jaws of the crocodile, gaping in readiness for its prey, and the little snake-like eyes watching... read more