“ He taketh it with his eyes: his nose pierceth through snares. ”
He taketh it with his eyes - Margin, “Or, will any take him in his sight, or, bore his nose with a gin!” From this marginal reading it is evident that our translators were much perplexed with thi...
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...
He taketh it with his eyes: his nose pierceth through snares. He taketh it with his eyes - He looks at the sweeping tide, and defies it. His nose pierceth through snares - If fences of strong stak...
He taketh it with his eyes— Who can take him in his streams? Can cords be drawn through his nose? Heath. Can his nose be perforated with hooks? Houbigant. The way of taking these animals, as re...
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...
His nose pierceth through snares. — Some render, “Shall any take him with snares? while he is looking, shall any pierce through his nose?” The sense seems to be rather, Let one take him by his eye...
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...
He taketh it with his eyes ,.... Or "can men take him before his eyes?" so Mr. Broughton; and others translate it to the same purpose; no, he is not to be taken openly, but privately, by some insidi...
He taketh it with his eyes: [his] nose pierceth through snares. Ver. 24. He taketh it with his eyes ] It, that is, Jordan, which he thinks, when he seeth it, to drink up at a draught; but it is be...
He taketh it with his eyes He imagines, when he sees it, that he can take the whole river and drink it up. His nose pierceth through snares The elephant will not be kept from the water by any sna...
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...
According to this translation the sense is this, He taketh, or snatcheth, or draweth up (as was now said, Job 40:23 ) it (to wit, the river Jordan) with his eyes, i.e. when he sees it, he trus...
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
Job 41:1 ; Job 41:2
Sight — Can any man take him in his eyes? Openly and by force? Surely not. His strength is too great for man to overcome: and therefore men are forced to use wiles and engines to catch him.