Answered — Having made a little pause to try what Job could answer. This is not said to be spoken out of the whirlwind, and therefore some think God said it in a still, small voice, which wrought more upon Job, (as upon Elijah) than the whirlwind did. Tho' Job had not spoken any thing, yet God is sa... [ Continue Reading ]
Reproveth — That boldly censureth his ways or works; it is at his peril.... [ Continue Reading ]
Answer — Speak again; I will contend no more with thee. Twice — Often, the definite number being used indefinitely.... [ Continue Reading ]
Whirlwind — Which was renewed when God renewed his charge upon Job, whom he intended to humble more throughly.... [ Continue Reading ]
Wilt thou — Every word is emphatical, wilt (art thou resolved upon it) thou (thou Job, whom I took to be one of a better mind) also (not only vindicate thyself, but also accuse me) disannul (not only question, but even repeal and make void, as if it were unjust) my judgment? My sentence against thee... [ Continue Reading ]
Deck — Seeing thou makest thyself equal, yea, superior to me, take to thyself thy great power, come and sit in my throne, and display thy Divine perfections in the sight of the world.... [ Continue Reading ]
Hide — Kill every one of them at one blow. Bind — Condemn or destroy them. He alludes to the manner of covering the faces of condemned persons, and of dead men. In secret — In a secret place, bury them in their graves.... [ Continue Reading ]
Behemoth — Very learned men take the leviathan to be the crocodile, and the behemoth to be the river — horse, which may fitly be joined with the crocodile, both being well known to Joband his friends, as being frequent in the adjacent parts, both amphibious, living and preying both in the water and... [ Continue Reading ]
Strength — He hath strength answerable to his bulk, but this strength by God's wise and merciful providence is not an offensive strength, consisting in, or put forth by horns or claws, as it is in ravenous creatures, but only defensive and seated in his loins, as it is in other creatures.... [ Continue Reading ]
Tail — Which though it be but short, yet when it is erected, is exceeding stiff and strong. Thighs — The sinews of his thighs. His thighs and feet are so sinewy and strong, that one of them is able to break or over — turn a large boat.... [ Continue Reading ]
The chief — He is one of the chief of God's works, in regard of its great bulk and strength.... [ Continue Reading ]
Mountains — Though he lives most in the water, yet he often fetches his food from the land, and from the mountains or hills, which are nigh the river Nile. Play — They not only feed securely, but sport themselves by him, being taught by experience that he is gentle and harmless.... [ Continue Reading ]
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.... [ Continue Reading ]
River — A great quantity of water, hyperbolically called a river. Hasteth not — He drinks not with fear and caution; but such is his courage, that he fears no enemy either by water or by land. He drinks as if he designed, to drink up the whole river. He mentions Jordan, as a river well known, in and... [ Continue Reading ]
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.... [ Continue Reading ]