Job 40:22 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about. ”

Job 40:22 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The shady trees - Probably the “lote-trees;” see the note at Job 40:21 . The same word is used here. The willow-trees of the brook - Of the “stream,” or “rivulet.” The Hebrew word ( נחל na...
Job 40:22 - 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 40:22 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about. The willows of the brook compass him - This would agree well enough with the hippopotamus.
Job 40:22 - 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 40:22 - 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 40:22 - 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 40:22 - 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 40:22 - 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 40:22 - 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 40:22 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The shady trees cover him [with] their shadow ,.... Under which it lies, as in Job 40:21 ; which is thought not so well to agree with the elephant, since, according to Aelianus h and other writers,...
Job 40:22 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

The shady trees cover him [with] their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about. Ver. 22. The shady trees cover him with their shadow, &c. ] He leaneth against those trees and sleepe...
Job 40:22 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

He lieth under the shady trees , &c. Or, He lieth down secretly between the shady trees, under the covert of the reed, and in the fens , Houbigant and Heath. The shady trees cover him The Heb...
Job 40:22 - 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 40:22 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Description of Behemoth. B. C. 1520. 15 Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; h...
Job 40:22 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Of the brook; or, of Nilus , of which this word is oft used in Scripture. And this seems to be the chief argument by which the learned Bochart proves this to be meant of the hippopotamus, whose co...
Job 40:22 - 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 40:22 - 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 40:22 - 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 40:22 - 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 40:22 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Job's Weakness Contrasted with the Strength Even of the Hippopotamus
Job 40:22 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 17:5 ; Isaiah 15:7 ; Leviticus 23:40
Job 40:22 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Brook — Or, of the Nile, of which this word is often used in scripture. His constant residence is in or near this river, or the willows that grow by it.

Job 40:22 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Job 40:22 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Job 40:22 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Job 40:22 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Job 40:22 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Job 40:22 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Job 40:22 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Job 40:22 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Job 40:22 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Job 40:22 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Job 40:22 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Job 40:22 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 40:22 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Job 40:22 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Job 40:22 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Job 40:22 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Job 40:22 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 40:22 - The Biblical Illustrator

Job 40:22 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Job 40:22 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Job 40:22 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 40:22 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes