Job 41:31 - Exposition

He maketh the deep to boil like a pot . The rush of the crocodile through the water of the stream or pool in which he dwells causes a stir and a commotion which is forcibly compared to the boiling of water in a caldron. He maketh the sea like a pot of ointment . It is generally allowed that by "the sea" here is meant the Nile, as in Isaiah 18:2 ; Isaiah 19:5 ; and Nahum 3:8 . The swirl of the Nile, as the crocodile makes his rush, is like the heaving of a pot of boiling oil or ointment