约伯记 41:25-29 CUNPSS

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 41:11-34

God, having in the Job 42:1-6 shown Job how unable he was to deal with the leviathan, here sets forth his own power in that massy mighty creature. Here is, I. God's sovereign dominion and independency laid down, Job 41:11. 1. That he is indebted to none of his creatures. If any pretend he is indebted to them, let them make their demand and prove their debt, and they shall receive it in full and not by composition: ?Who has prevented me?? that is, ?who has laid any obligations upon me by any... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 41:25

When he raiseth up himself ,.... Not out of the waters, but above the surface of them, so as that his large bulk, his terrible jaws and teeth, are seem; the mighty are afraid ; not only fishes and other animals, but men, and these the most stouthearted and courageous, as mariners and masters of vessels; by reason of breakings they purify themselves : either because of the breaches of the sea made through the lifting up of this creature, threatening the overturning of vessels; or of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 41:26

The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold ,.... It is either broken by striking at him, or however cannot pierce him and stick in him; but since a sword is not used in fishery, rather the harpagon or harpoon may be meant, which cannot enter into the crocodile, being so fenced with scales; but the whale being struck with it, it enters deep into his flesh, and is wounded by it; wherefore this and what follows in the next verses seems best to agree with the crocodile, or some other fish; ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 41:27

He esteemeth iron as straw ,.... You may as well cast a straw at him as a bar of iron; it will make no impression on his steeled back, which is as a coat of mail to him; so Eustathius affirms F4 Apud ibid. (Bochard. Hierozoic. par. 2. l. 5. c. 17. Colossians 785 .) that the sharpest iron is rebounded and blunted by him; and brass as rotten wood ; or steel, any instrument made of it, though ever so strong or piercing. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 41:28

The arrow cannot make him flee ,.... The skin of the crocodile is so hard, as Peter Martyr says, that it cannot be pierced with arrows, as before observed; therefore it is not afraid of them, nor will flee from them; slingstones are turned with him into stubble ; are no more regarded by him than if stubble was cast at him; not only stones out of a sling, but out of an engine; and such is the hardness of the skin of the crocodile, that, as Isidore says F5 Origin. l. 12. c. 6. , the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 41:29

Darts are counted as stubble ,.... Darts being mentioned before, perhaps something else is meant here, and, according to Ben Gersom, the word signifies an engine out of which stones are cast to batter down walls; but these are of no avail against the leviathan; he laugheth at the shaking of a spear ; at him, knowing it cannot hurt him; the crocodile, as Thevenot says F7 Travels, part 1. b. 2. c. 72. p. 245. , is proof against the halberd. The Septuagint version is, "the shaking of... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 41:25

By reason of breakings they purify themselves - No version, either ancient or modern, appears to have understood this verse; nor is its true sense known. The Septuagint have, "When he turns himself, he terrifies all the quadrupeds on the earth." The original is short and obscure: יתחטאו משברים mishshebarim yithchattau . Mr. Good takes the plural termination ים im , from the first word, of which he makes the noun ים yam , the sea, and thus translates it, "They are confounded at... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 41:26

Habergeon - The hauberk, the Norman armor for the head, neck, and breast, formed of rings. See on Nehemiah 4:16 ; (note). read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 41:29

Darts are counted as stubble - All these verses state that he cannot be wounded by any kind of weapon, and that he cannot be resisted by any human strength. A young crocodile, seen by M. Maillet, twelve feet long, and which had not eaten a morsel for thirty-five days, its mouth having been tied all that time, was nevertheless so strong, that with a blow of its tail it overturned a bale of coffee, and five or six men, with the utmost imaginable ease! What power then must lodge in one twenty... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 41:1-34

The crowning description of a natural marvel—the "leviathan," or crocodile—is now given, and with an elaboration to which there is no parallel in the rest of Scripture. It forms, however, a fit climax to the gradually more and more elaborate descriptions of Job 38:39-41 ; Job 39:1-30 ; and Job 40:15-24 . read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 41:11-34

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 41:25

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 41:26

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 41:27

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 41:28

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 41:29

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 41:25

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 41:26

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 41:29

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 41:1-34

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