Job 40:20 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play. ”

• Job 40:20 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Surely the mountains bring him forth food - That is, though he lies commonly among the reeds and fens, and is in the water a considerable portion of his time, yet he also wanders to the mountains...

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• Job 40:20 - 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 40:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play. The mountains bring him forth food - It cannot therefore be the hippopotamus, as he is seldom found far from the riv...

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• Job 40:20 - 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 40:20 - 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 40:20 - 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 40:20 - 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 40:20 - 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 40:20 - 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 40:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Surely the mountains bring him forth food ,.... Grass, which grows on mountains, and is the food of the river horse as well as of the elephant; and therefore is furnished with teeth like a scythe to...

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• Job 40:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play. Ver. 20. Surely the mountains briny him forth food ] And food enough, though he be of a huge body. Learn we to tr...

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• Job 40:20 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  The mountains bring him forth food Though this creature be so vastly large, and require much food, and no man careth for it, yet God provides for it out of his own stores, and makes the desert moun...

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• Job 40:20 - 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 40:20 - 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 40:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Though this creature be vastly great, and require much food, and no man careth for it; yet God provides for it out of his own stores, and makes even desert mountains to afford him sufficient sustenan...

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• Job 40:20 - 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 40:20 - 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 40:20 - 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 40:20 - 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 40:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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

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• Job 40:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Job 40:15 ; Psalms 104:14 ; Psalms 104:26 ; Psalms 147:8 ; Psalms 147:9

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• Job 40:20 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Mountains — Though he lives most in the water, yet he often fetches his food from the land, and from the mountains or hills, which are nigh the river Nile. Play — They not only feed securely, but s...

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