“ In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joyc before him. ”
In his neck remaineth strength - That is, strength is “permanently residing” there. It is not assumed for the moment, but his neck is so constructed as to be the abode of strength. The word here...
In his neck remaineth strength, and (h) sorrow is turned into joy before him. (h) Nothing is painful or hard for him.
Job 41. Leviathan. The author regards the crocodile as impossible of capture. In Job 41:1 b perhaps the meaning is that when caught the crocodile cannot be led about by a rope round his tongue an...
In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy before him. In his neck remaineth strength - Literally, "strength has its dwelling in his neck." The neck is the seat of strength of most...
In his neck remaineth strength, &c.— Houbigant renders this admirably; Strength has its dwelling on his neck; before him marches destruction. See his note.
In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy before him. Remaineth - abideth permanently. His chief strength is in the neck. Sorrow - anxiety or dismay personified. Is...
The Second Speech of the Almighty (concluded) The second great creature, the Crocodile (with which the 'leviathan' is generally identified) is now described. If Job cannot control the crocodile, d...
Sorrow is turned into joy before him. — Literally, and before him danceth fear, or pining sorrow exulteth before him. A marvellous personification of the terror which goes with him wherever h...
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...
the Parable of the Crocodile Job 41:1-34 The last paragraph described the hippopotamus; the whole of this chapter is devoted to the crocodile. In a series of striking questions the voice of the...
Leviathan is almost certainly the crocodile, and there is the playfulness of a great tenderness in the suggestions Jehovah makes to Job about these fierce creations. Can Job catch him with a rope or...
(11) В¶ Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine. (12) I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion. (13) Who can discove...
In his neck remaineth strength ,.... This is thought to be an argument against the whale, which is said to have no neck: but whatever joins the head and body may be called the neck, though ever so s...
In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy before him. Ver. 22. In his neck remaineth strength ] Aristotle saith, that among fishes the dolphin, whale, and such as breathe, have...
In his neck remaineth strength , &c. Houbigant's translation of this is excellent; Strength has its dwelling (so ילין עז, jalin gnoz , literally signifies) on his neck His head and body are...
LEVIATHAN (vv.1-34) Leviathan was a water creature, and appears to be the crocodile, the most fearsome of all aquatic beasts, unless it was another similar animal, now extinct. Job could use a h...
11 Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine. 12 I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion. 13 Who can di...
His neck is exceeding strong. This is meant either 1. Of the whale, who though he hath no neck no more than other fishes have, yet he hath a part in some sort answerable to it, where the head and b...
Notes Job 41:1 . “ Canst thou draw out Leviathan with a hook .” The term “Leviathan” (לִוְיָתָן) rendered here by the SEPTUAGINT, SYRIAC, and ARABIC, “the dragon.” The VULGATE and TARGUM leave it...
Job 41:1 . Canst thou draw out leviathan? This word is rendered by the LXX, “dragon.” It occurs in Isaiah 27:1 , and is rendered whale, dragon, and serpent. Men are now satisfied that it is n...
Canst thou draw out Leviathan? Behemoth and leviathan The description of the “behemoth” in the preceding chapter and the “leviathan” here suggests a few moral reflections. I. The prodigality...
EXPOSITION Job 41:1-18 The crowning description of a natural marvel—the "leviathan," or crocodile—is now given, and with an elaboration to which there is no parallel in the rest of Scriptur...
Job's Weakness when Compared with the Strength of the Crocodile
1 Corinthians 15:55-57 ; Hosea 13:14 ; Job 39:19 ; Job 40:16
And sorrow — Sorrow is his companion and harbinger, which attends upon him wheresoever he goes. So anger and fear are said by the poets to accompany the God of war.