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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Job 41:1-34

NotesJob 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 untranslated. Almost all the earlier interpreters understood the Whale to be the animal intended. BEZA and DIODATPS among the first to incline for the Crocodile. GROTIUS remarks: “From terrestrial he passes to marine animals.” SANCTIUS is uncertain which animal of the whale kind is meant; and observes that... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Job 41:1-34

Chapter 41And 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, while others think that it perhaps is a hippopotamus with a hefty hide. And so those are some of the opinions. And God said, "Can you catch him with a hook like you catch a fish?"Can you put a hook in his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn? Will he pray to you? and speak soft... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Job 41:1-34

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 the whale but the crocodile to which this description exactly refers. The harpooners can easily pierce a whale, as is denied of leviathan; the flesh of the whale is soft, but that of the crocodile is hard. Men never sling stones at the whale; but these have been tried in vain against the dragon.... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Job 41:1-34

Job 41:1-34Canst thou draw out Leviathan? Behemoth and leviathanThe description of the “behemoth” in the preceding chapter and the “leviathan” here suggests a few moral reflections.I. The prodigality of created might. With what amazing force are these creatures endowed! How huge their proportions! How exuberant their vital energy!II. The restraining power of the Divine government. What keeps those creatures in cheek? They are under the spell of the Almighty. To all creatures the Creator has set... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Job 41:14

Job 41:14 Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth [are] terrible round about. Ver. 14. Who can open the doors of his face? ] The two leaved doors of his jaws, to let in a bridle? Samson dared to venture upon a roaring lion and rend him, as a man would rend a kid. But never dared any such thing be done to a whale. His teeth are terrible round about ] The whale’s teeth are said to be 120, each tooth four cubits long. read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Job 41:14

the: Job 38:10, Ecclesiastes 12:4 his teeth: Psalms 57:4, Psalms 58:6, Proverbs 30:14, Daniel 7:7 read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Job 41:14

Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round about.Doors — His mouth. If it be open, none dare enter within, and if it be shut, none dare open it. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Job 41:14

14. The doors of his face His mighty jaws, which extend back of his eyes and ears. Martial (iii, 90) jests over a large mouth, and compares it to that of the crocodile of the Nile. His teeth… terrible Literally, Round about his teeth is terror: within his teeth terror takes up its abode. The lofty conception of the speaker which clothed the war horse with thunder, (Job 39:19,) now finds within the ugly jaws of leviathan the dwelling place of terror. read more