Job 40:17 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together. ”

• Job 40:17 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  He moveth his tail like a cedar - Margin, “setteth up.” The Hebrew word ( חפץ châphêts ) means “to bend, to curve;” and hence, it commonly denotes “to be inclined, favorably disposed to desir...

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• Job 40:17 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Job 40:15 to Job 41:34 . Behemoth and Leviathan. Most scholars regard this passage as a later addition to the poem. The point of Job 40:8-14 is God's reply to Job's criticism of His righteousn...

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• Job 40:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together. He moveth his tail like a cedar - Therefore it was neither the elephant, who has a tail like that of the hog, nor the h...

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• Job 40:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox. God shows that if Job cannot bring under control the lower animals, of which he selects the two most striking (Behemoth o...

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• Job 40:17 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The Second Speech of the Almighty Job, we know, in his anxiety to prove his integrity had been led into casting doubts on the justice of God's government of the world. He is here ironically invite...

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• Job 40:17 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  ( 17 ) The sinews of his stones. — Rather, of his thighs.

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• Job 40:17 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  XXVIII. THE RECONCILIATION Job 38:1 - Job 42:6 THE main argument of the address ascribed to the Almighty is contained in Chapter s 38 and 39 and in the opening verses of chapter 42. Job make...

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• Job 40:17 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  “Hast Thou an Arm like God?” Job 40:1-24 God seemed to await Job's reply to His questions. Job had protested that he would fill his mouth with arguments, but none was forthcoming. That vision o...

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• Job 40:17 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  There is a pause in the unveiling as Jehovah speaks directly to His servant and asks for an answer to the things that He has said. The answer is full of suggestiveness. The man who in mighty speech a...

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• Job 40:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  (15) В¶ Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox. (16) Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly. (17) He moveth his tail like a ce...

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• Job 40:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  He moveth his tail like a cedar ,.... To which it is compared, not for the length and largeness of it; for the tail both of the elephant and of the river horse is short; though Vartomannus c says, t...

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• Job 40:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together. Ver. 17. He moveth his tail like a cedar ] The elephant hath but a small and short tail for his bulk; Beza, therefor...

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• Job 40:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  He moveth his tail like a cedar Though the tail be but short, both in the elephant, and in the hippopotamus; yet, when it is erected, it is exceeding stiff and strong. The sinews of his stones , &...

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• Job 40:17 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  GOD'S CHALLENGE AND JOB'S RESPONSE (vv.1-5) Job had said that if God would only listen to him, he would present his whole case in showing how God was unfair in His dealings (ch.33:3-5). Therefor...

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• Job 40:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Description of Behemoth. B. C. 1520.       15 Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; h...

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• Job 40:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  He moveth his tail; which though it be but short, both in the elephant and in the hippopotamus, yet when it is erected is exceeding stiff and strong. But this may be understood, either, 1. Of his...

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• Job 40:17 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  Notes Job 40:15 . “ Behold turn behemoth .” Various opinions as to what is meant by the term “behemoth.” According to GESENIUS, בְּהֵמוֹת ( behemoth ) is the plural of בְּהֵמָה ( behemah , from t...

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• Job 40:17 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Job 40:4 . Behold, I am vile. Job boldly answered his friends; but when the Lord speaks, he lays his mouth in the dust. Job 40:15 . Behold now behemoth. Here sacred criticism is divided in opi...

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• Job 40:17 - The Biblical Illustrator

  Moreover, the Lord answered Job, and said. Jehovah’s answer Its language has reached, at times, the “high-water mark” of poetry and beauty. Nothing can exceed its dignity, its force, its majest...

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• Job 40:17 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Job 40:1-18 Between the first and the second part of the Divine discourse, at the end of which Job wholly humbles himself ( Job 42:1-18 ), is interposed a short appeal on the par...

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• Job 40:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Job's Weakness Contrasted with the Strength Even of the Hippopotamus

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• Job 40:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Job 41:23

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• Job 40:17 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Tail — Which though it be but short, yet when it is erected, is exceeding stiff and strong. Thighs — The sinews of his thighs. His thighs and feet are so sinewy and strong, that one of them is able...

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