“ His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron. ”
His bones are as strong pieces of brass - The circumstance here adverted to was remarkable, because the common residence of the animal was the water, and the bones of aquatic animals are generall...
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...
His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron. His bones are as strong pieces of brass-bars of iron - The tusk I have mentioned above is uncommonly hard, solid, and wei...
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...
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...
( 18 ) Strong pieces. — Or, perhaps, tubes. His limbs are like bars of iron.
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...
“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...
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...
(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...
His bones [are as] strong pieces of brass: his bones [are] as bars of iron. Than which nothing is stronger. The repetition is made for greater illustration and confirmation; but what is said is not...
His bones [are as] strong pieces of brass; his bones [are] like bars of iron. Ver. 18. His bones are as strony pieces of brass ] Or, as conduit pipes of brass, whereby may be understood his hollow...
His bones Under which title are comprehended his ribs, (as the LXX. here render it,) and his teeth; are as strong pieces of brass Exceeding hard and strong. Such they are both in the elephant and...
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...
Description of Behemoth. B. C. 1520. 15 Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; h...
His bones; under which title are comprehended his ribs (as the LXX here render it) and his teeth. As strong pieces of brass, exceeding hard and strong, as they are in both these creature.
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...
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...
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...
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...
Job's Weakness Contrasted with the Strength Even of the Hippopotamus
Isaiah 48:4 ; Job 7:12