Job 41:18

neesings. Obsolete for sneezings. From A. S. fneosan. Chaucer spells it fnesen.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

By his neesings a light doth shine - The word rendered “neesings” means properly sneezing, and the literal sense here would be, “His sneezings, l...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

By his neesings (g) a light doth shine, and his eyes [are] like the eyelids of the morning. (g) That is, casts out flames of fire.
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...
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 i...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning. By his neesings a light doth shine - It is very likely that t...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

By his neesings a light doth shine— Literally, His sneezings cause the light to sparkle. The next clause gives as great an image of the thing it...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning. His neesings, х `ªTiyshaah ( H5846 )]. Translate, '...
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...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning — i.e., fiery red and glowing.
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...
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....
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 f...
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 powe...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

By his neesings a light doth shine ,.... The philosopher i observes, that those who look to the sun are more apt to sneeze: and it is taken notice o...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes [are] like the eyelids of the morning. Ver. 18. By his neesings a light doth shine ] When this dr...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

By his neesings a light doth shine Literally, His sneezing causes the light to sparkle. If he sneeze, or spout up water, it is like a light shini...
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 anot...
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...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

By his neesings; which may be understood either, 1. Of any commotion or agitation of the body, like that which is in neezing, as when the whale s...
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 ARA...
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,...
The Biblical Illustrator

Canst thou draw out Leviathan? Behemoth and leviathan The description of the “behemoth” in the preceding chapter and the “leviathan” here sugge...
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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Job's Weakness when Compared with the Strength of the Crocodile
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

By his neesings, when he blows out his breath, together with water and slime, through his nostrils, a light doth shine, it seems like a flash of li...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 3:9 ; Revelation 1:14
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Sneesings — This the crocodile is said frequently to do. Eyes — To which they seem very fitly compared, because the eyes of the crocodile are dull...

¹⁸ By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.

Related Commentaries of Job 41:18

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Job 41:18