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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 41:1-10

Whether this leviathan be a whale or a crocodile is a great dispute among the learned, which I will not undertake to determine; some of the particulars agree more easily to the one, others to the other; both are very strong and fierce, and the power of the Creator appears in them. The ingenious Sir Richard Blackmore, though he admits the more received opinion concerning the behemoth, that it must be meant of the elephant, yet agrees with the learned Bochart's notion of the leviathan, that it... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 41:1

Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook ?.... That is, draw it out of the sea or river as anglers draw out smaller fishes with a line or hook? the question suggests it cannot be done; whether by the "leviathan" is meant the whale, which was the most generally received notion; or the crocodile, as Bochart, who has been followed by many; or the "orca", a large fish of the whale kind with many teeth, as Hasaeus, it is not easy to say "Leviathan" is a compound word of than the first syllable... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 41:2

Canst thou put an hook into his nose ?.... Or a rush, that is, a rope made of rushes; for of such ropes were made, as Pliny F7 Nat. Hist. l. 19. c. 2. affirms; or bore his jaw through with a thorn ? as men do herrings, or such like small fish, for the convenience of carrying them, or hanging them up to dry; the whale is not to be used in such a manner: but the Tentyritae, a people in Egypt, great enemies to crocodiles, had methods of taking thorn in nets, and of binding and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 41:3

Will he make many supplications unto thee ?.... To cease pursuing him, or to let him go when taken, or to use him well and not take away his life; no, he is too spirited and stouthearted to ask any favour, it is below him; will he speak soft words unto thee ? smooth and flattering ones, for the above purposes? he will not: this is a figurative way of speaking. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 41:4

Will he make a covenant with thee ?.... To live in friendship or servitude, as follows; wilt thou take him for a servant for ever ? oblige him to serve thee for life, or reduce him to perpetual bondage; signifying, that he is not to be tamed or brought into subjection; which is true of the whale, but not of the crocodile; for several authors F9 Herodot, ut supra, (Euterpe, sive, l. 2.) c. 69. Aelian. l. 8. c. 2. & l. 10. c. 21. Solin. c. 45. Plin. l. 8. c. 46. speak of them as... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 41:5

Wilt thou play with him as with a bird ?.... In the hand or cage: leviathan plays in the sea, but there is no playing with him by land, Psalm 104:26 ; or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens ? or young girls, as Mr. Broughton renders it; tie him in a string, as birds are for children to play with? Now, though crocodiles are very pernicious to children, and often make a prey of them when they approach too near the banks of the Nile, or whenever they have an opportunity of seizing them ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 41:6

Shall thy companions make a banquet of him ?.... The fishermen that join together in catching fish, shall they make a feast for joy at taking the leviathan? which suggests that he is not to be taken by them, and so they have no opportunity or occasion for a feast: or will they feed on him? the flesh of crocodiles is by some eaten, and said F13 Leo Africanus & Aelian. ut supra. (l. 10. c. 21.) to be very savoury, but not the flesh of the whale; shall they part him among the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 41:7

Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears? This seems not so well to agree with the whale; whose skin, and the several parts of his body, are to be pierced with harpoons and lances, such as fishermen use in taking whales; and their flesh to be cut in pieces with their knives: but better with the crocodile, whose skin is so hard, and so closely set with scales, that it is impenetrable; See Gill on Ezekiel 29:4 . Or if the words are rendered, as by some, "wilt... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 41:8

Lay thine hand upon him ,.... If thou canst or darest. It is dangerous so to do, either to the whale or crocodile; remember the battle ; or "look for war", as Mr. Broughton renders it; expect a fight will ensue, in which thou wilt have no share with this creature: do no more ; if thou canst by any means escape, take care never to do the like again; or thou wilt never do so any more, thou wilt certainly die for it. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 41:9

Behold, the hope of him is in vain ,.... Of getting the mastery over him, or of taking him; and yet both crocodiles and whales have been taken; nor is the taking of them to be despaired of; but it seems the "orca", or the whale with many teeth, has never been taken and killed F15 Vid. Scheuchzer. Physic. Sacr. vol. 4. p. 846. ; shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him ? the sight of a whale is terrible to mariners, lest their ships should be overturned by it; and some... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 41:1-10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 41:1

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 41:2

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 41:3

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 41:4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 41:5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 41:6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 41:7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 41:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 41:9

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