The "tail" of the hippopotamus is short, naked and muscular, resembling that of the hog. The great strength of the animal may be inferred from the muscular stiffness of the tail, which bends like the branch or young stem of a cedar.
Verse Job 40:17. _HE MOVETH HIS TAIL LIKE A CEDAR_] Therefore it was neither the _elephant_, who has a _tail_ like that of the _hog_, nor the _hippopotamus_, whose tail is only about a _foot_ long....
HE MOVETH HIS TAIL LIKE A CEDAR - Margin, “setteth up.” The Hebrew word (חפץ _châphêts_) means “to bend, to curve;” and hence, it commonly denotes “to be inclined, favorably disposed to desire or pl...
CHAPTER 40 _ 1. The answer demanded (Job 40:1)_ 2. Job's answer (Job 40:3) 3. Jehovah's appeal to Job (Job 40:6) 4. Behold behemoth! (Job 40:
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 is God's reply to Job's criticism of His righteousness; the des...
2. Jehovah relates more marvels of his creation. (Job 40:15, Job 41:34) TEXT 40:15-24 15 BEHOLD NOW, BEHEMOTH, WHICH I MADE AS WELL AS THEE; He eateth grass as an ox. 16 Lo now, his strength is in...
_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 on lan...
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 invited t...
LIKE A CEDAR] it is so firm and strong. 17B. RV 'The sinews of his thighs are knit together.' 19B. RM 'He that made him hath furnished him with his sword'; i.e. his tusks or teeth....
In fact, Bible students are not sure about the animal in this passage. In the original language (called Hebrew), the animal’s name simply means ‘a great animal’. But the hippo behaves as God describes...
JOB, A SERVANT OF GOD Job _KEITH SIMONS_ Words in boxes (except for words in brackets) are from the Bible. This commentary has been through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 40 GOD CONTINUES HIS SPEECH...
_(_17_)_ THE SINEWS OF HIS STONES. — Rather, _of his thighs. _...
יַחְפֹּ֣ץ זְנָבֹ֣ו כְמֹו ־אָ֑רֶז גִּידֵ֖י _פַחֲדָ֣יו_† יְשֹׂרָֽ
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 makes submis...
“HAST THOU AN ARM LIKE GOD?” Job 40:1 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 of God had...
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 an...
(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 ced...
God Speaks Job Repents I. INTRODUCTION A. Last week we covered a lot of territory! 1. We finished with Elihu's speeches to Job and found that, although he was a lot more accurate in what he had to...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 38 THROUGH 42. Jehovah then speaks, and addressing Job, carries on the subject. He makes Job sensible of his nothingness. Job confesses himself to be vile, an...
HE MOVETH HIS TAIL LIKE A CEDAR,.... To which it is compared, not for the length and largeness of it; for the tail both of the elephant and of the river horse is short; though Vartomannus c says, the...
He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together. Ver. 17. _He moveth his tail like a cedar_] The elephant hath but a small and short tail for his bulk; Beza, therefore,...
_He moveth his tail like a cedar_ Though the tail be but short, both in the elephant, and in the hippopotamus; yet, when it is erected, it is exceeding stiff and strong. _The sinews of his stones_, &c...
Job's Weakness Contrasted with the Strength Even of the Hippopotamus...
He moveth his tail like a cedar, bending it like a cedar bough, with great firmness and elasticity; THE SINEWS OF HIS STONES, rather, of his thighs, ARE WRAPPED TOGETHER, firmly knit or twisted, like...
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). Therefore n...
HE MOVETH: Or, he settleth up...
"HE BENDS HIS TAIL LIKE. CEDAR": Or his tail sways like. cedar. Some argue that his means. cedar branch and not. cedar tree, but that seems to dismiss the power of this animal. What is so impressive a...
15-24 God, for the further proving of his own power, describes two vast animals, far exceeding man in bulk and strength. Behemoth signifies beasts. Most understand it of an animal well known in Egypt...
HE MOVETH HIS TAIL; which though it be but short, both in the elephant and in the hippopotamus, yet when it is erected is exceeding stiff and strong. But this may be understood, either, 1. Of his gen...
Job 40:17 moves H2654 (H8799) tail H2180 cedar H730 sinews H1517 thighs H6344 knit H8276 (H8792) moveth - o
CONTENTS: God's challenge to Job continued. Job's answer. CHARACTERS: God, Job. CONCLUSION: A real vision of God's power and wisdom changes men's opinions of themselves and silences their disputes w...
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 opinion;...
_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 majesty, t...
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 40:6 Job knew what it was like to be misunderstood and misjudged by his friends. The Lord now shows Job how he had misjudged the Lord’s rule over the world (Job 40:6). Job had displaye...
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 the unu...
EXPOSITION JOB 40:1 Between the first and the second part of the Divine discourse, at the end of which Job wholly humbles himself (Job 42:1), is interposed a short appeal on the part of tile Almighty...
Moreover the Lord answered Job, and said, Shall he that contends with the Almighty instruct him? (Job 40:1-2) "Job, are you trying to instruct me?" Isn't that ridiculous? Can you think of anybody tryi...
Job 41:23...
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...