Job 40:19 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him. ”

Job 40:19 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He is the chief of the ways of God - In size and strength. The word rendered “chief” is used in a similar sense in Numbers 24:20 , “Amalek was the first of the nations;” that is, one of the most...
Job 40:19 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(h) He [is] the chief of the ways of God: (i) he that made him can make his sword to approach [unto him]. (h) He is one of the chief works of God among the beasts. (i) Though man dare not come near...
Job 40:19 - 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...
Job 40:19 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him . He is the chief of the ways of God - The largest, strongest, and swiftest quadruped that God has form...
Job 40:19 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

He that made him can make his sword to approach unto him— He who made him, hath furnished him with his scythe. Heath. The Hebrew word here rendered sword, or scythe, denotes the instrument by...
Job 40:19 - 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...
Job 40:19 - 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...
Job 40:19 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

He is the chief of the ways of God. — This is surely more applicable to the elephant than the hippopotamus, considering the great intelligence and usefulness of the elephant. The last clause is ver...
Job 40:19 - 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...
Job 40:19 - 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...
Job 40:19 - 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...
Job 40:19 - 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...
Job 40:19 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

He [is] the chief of the ways of God ,.... Or the beginning of them, that is, of the works of God in creation; which must be restrained to animals, otherwise there were works wrought before any of t...
Job 40:19 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

He [is] the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach [unto him]. Ver. 19. He is the chief of the ways of God ] i.e. The masterpiece among all the beasts (and per...
Job 40:19 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Job 40:19 - 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...
Job 40:19 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Description of Behemoth. B. C. 1520. 15 Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; h...
Job 40:19 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Of the ways of God, i.e. of God's works, to wit, of that sort, or among living and brute creatures. This is eminently and unquestionably true of the elephant, in regard of his vast bulk and strengt...
Job 40:19 - 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...
Job 40:19 - 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...
Job 40:19 - 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...
Job 40:19 - 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...
Job 40:19 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Job's Weakness Contrasted with the Strength Even of the Hippopotamus
Job 40:19 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 27:1 ; Job 26:13 ; Psalms 104:24 ; Psalms 7:12
Job 40:19 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The chief — He is one of the chief of God's works, in regard of its great bulk and strength.

Job 40:19 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Job 40:19 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Job 40:19 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Job 40:19 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Job 40:19 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Job 40:19 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Job 40:19 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Job 40:19 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Job 40:19 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Job 40:19 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Job 40:19 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Job 40:19 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Job 40:19 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Job 40:19 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Job 40:19 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 40:19 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Job 40:19 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Job 40:19 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Job 40:19 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Job 40:19 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 40:19 - The Biblical Illustrator

Job 40:19 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Job 40:19 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Job 40:19 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 40:19 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes