Job 41:31 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment. ”

Job 41:31 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He maketh the deep to boil like a pot - In his rapid motion through it. The word “deep” ( מצולה m e tsôlâh ) may refer to any deep place - either of the sea, of a river, or of mire, Psal...
Job 41:31 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

He maketh the deep to (k) boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment. (k) Either he makes the sea to seem like it is boiling by his wallowing, or else he spouts water in such abundanc...
Job 41:31 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Job 41:31 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment. He maketh the deep to boil like a pot - This is occasioned by strongly agitating the waters at or near the bottom; and...
Job 41:31 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment. He maketh the deep to boil like a pot - whenever he moves. Sea - the Nile ( Isaiah 19:5 ; Nahum 3:8 )....
Job 41:31 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Job 41:31 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The sea — i.e. , not necessarily the salt water, for the Nile is still called the sea by the Arabs, and so with many other large rivers. Example, the “sea-wall” of the Thames below Gravesend.
Job 41:31 - 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 41:31 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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...
Job 41:31 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Job 41:31 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(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...
Job 41:31 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

He maketh the deep to boil \k\ like a pot,.... Which is all in a from through the violent agitation and motion of the waves, caused by its tossing and tumbling about; which better suits with the wh...
Job 41:31 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment. Ver. 31. He maketh the deep to boil like a pot ] He troubleth the whole ocean, he maketh a mighty commotion in the...
Job 41:31 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

He maketh the deep The deep waters; to boil like a pot To swell, and foam, and froth, by his strong and vehement motion, as any liquor does when it is boiled in a pot, especially boiling ointmen...
Job 41:31 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Job 41:31 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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...
Job 41:31 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The deep; the deep waters, or the sea, which is called the deep , Psalms 107:24 Jonah 2:3 , as it is explained in the next clause. To boil like a pot; to swell, and foam, and froth by his s...
Job 41:31 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 41:31 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Job 41:31 - The Biblical Illustrator

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...
Job 41:31 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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 41:31 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Job's Weakness when Compared with the Strength of the Crocodile
Job 41:31 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 7:45 ; 2 Chronicles 4:16 ; 2 Kings 4:38 ; 2 Kings 4:39 ; 2 Kings 4:40 ; 2 Kings 4:41 ; Ecclesiastes 7:6 ; Exodus 16:3 ; Exodus 27:3 ; Exodus 38:3 ; Ezekiel 24:10 ; Ezekiel 24:5 ;...
Job 41:31 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Boil — To swell, and foam, and froth by his strong and vehement motion, as any liquor does when it is boiled in a pot, especially boiling ointment. The sea — The great river Nile, is called a sea,...

Job 41:31 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Job 41:31 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Job 41:31 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Job 41:31 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Job 41:31 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Job 41:31 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Job 41:31 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Job 41:31 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Job 41:31 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Job 41:31 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Job 41:31 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Job 41:31 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Job 41:31 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Job 41:31 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 41:31 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Job 41:31 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Job 41:31 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Job 41:31 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Job 41:31 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 41:31 - The Biblical Illustrator

Job 41:31 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Job 41:31 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Job 41:31 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 41:31 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes