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Verse Job 41:11. _WHO HATH PREVENTED ME_] Who is it that hath laid me
under obligation to him? Do I need my creatures? All under the heavens
is my property....
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WHO HATH PREVENTED ME? - As this verse is here rendered, its meaning,
and the reason why it is introduced, are not very apparent. It almost
looks, indeed, as if it were an interpolation, or had been i...
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CHAPTER 41
_ 1. Leviathan, the untamable beast of power (Job 41:1)_
2. Its description (Job 41:12)
3. His remarkable strength (Job 41:25)...
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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...
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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 and low...
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PREVENTED. anticipated.
IS. that is....
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_who hath prevented me_ Rather, WHO HATH FIRST GIVEN TO ME? So
Tyndale, _Or who hathe geven me anye thinge afore hand, that I am
bounde to reward him agayne_? As none dare contend with God (Job
41:10)...
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In these verses the speaker turns aside from describing the
invincibility of Leviathan to impress the moral which he intends to
teach by introducing the monster. If none dare stir up this creature,
wh...
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Job 40:6 to Job 42:6. The Lord's Second Answer to Job out of the Storm
Shall Man charge God with unrighteousness in His Rule of the World?
All that the first speech of the Lord touched upon was the...
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WHO HATH PREVENTED ME— _Who hath made me any present, that I may
requite him?_ Heath. See Micah 6:6....
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TEXT 41:1-34
41 Canst thou draw out leviathan with a fishhook?
Or press down his tongue with a cord?
2 Canst thou put a rope Into his nose?
Or pierce his jaw through with a hook?
3 Will he make ma...
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_WHO HATH PREVENTED ME, THAT I SHOULD REPAY HIM? WHATSOEVER IS UNDER
THE WHOLE HEAVEN IS MINE._
Prevented - done me a favour first: anticipated me with service
(Psalms 21:3). None can call me to acco...
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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, dare...
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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 41
GOD FINISHES HIS SPEECH...
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God created all the animals. So God is more powerful than any animal.
And God is also more powerful than the devil. So people who trust God
do not need to be afraid of the devil. Instead, they should...
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WHO HATH PREVENTED ME? — It is manifest that this appeal would come
more appropriately at the end of the following detailed description
than, as it does here, just before it. “Who hath prevented me,”...
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_[Job 41:3]_ מִ֣י הִ֭קְדִּימַנִי וַ
אֲשַׁלֵּ֑ם תַּ֖חַת...
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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...
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THE PARABLE OF THE CROCODILE
Job 41:1
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 Almighty...
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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 a...
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Who hath prevented me, that I should (b) repay [him? whatsoever is]
under the whole heaven is mine.
(b) Who has taught me to accomplish my work?...
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_Smoke; breath, or streams of water sent upwards._...
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(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 discover...
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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...
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WHO HATH PREVENTED ME, THAT ONE SHOULD REPAY [HIM]?.... First given me
something that was not my own, and so laid me under an obligation to
him to make a return. The apostle seems to have respect to t...
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Who hath prevented me, that I should repay [him? whatsoever is] under
the whole heaven is mine.
Ver. 11. _Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him?_] Who can
tax me wath injustice, who am bound...
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Job 41:11. "Who hath prevented Me, that I should repay him?" These
words are a great evidence that leviathan is here spoken of as a type
of the devil. For no other leviathan was ever subject to God's...
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_Who hath prevented me?_ Namely, with offices or services done for me,
and thereby hath laid the first obligation upon me, for which I am
indebted to him? _That I should repay him?_ Should be engaged...
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Who hath prevented Me, having given something to God in the first
place, having become His creditor, THAT I SHOULD REPAY HIM? Who among
all men has the right to claim anything at the hand of God? WHAT...
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JOB'S WEAKNESS WHEN COMPARED WITH THE STRENGTH OF THE CROCODILE...
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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 hook...
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WHO HATH PREVENTED ME, to wit, with offices or service done for me, by
which he hath laid the first obligation upon me, for which I am
indebted to him? Who can be beforehand with me in kindnesses, sin...
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CONTENTS: God's challenge to Job concluded.
CHARACTERS: God, Job.
CONCLUSION: Man is utterly unable to contend against the Almighty. If
the inferior creatures keep man in awe, how wonderful must the...
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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 not
th...
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_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 of c...
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JOB—NOTE ON JOB 41:1 The Lord describes the power of LEVIATHAN in
terms of man’s inability to subdue him. He compares such power to
his own (vv. Job 41:9)....
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JOB—NOTE ON JOB 41:9 If people are unable to subdue Leviathan, who
is a part of God’s creation, then how much more cautious should Job
be about his desire to bring his case and STAND BEFORE God....
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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
untra...
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EXPOSITION
JOB 41:1
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 Scripture. It forms,...
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And then in the next chapter God speaks of the leviathan. Now just
what the leviathan is, they're not quite sure. Some think that it is
perhaps a crocodile, some think that it's perhaps even a dragon,...
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1 Chronicles 29:11; 1 Corinthians 10:26; 1 Corinthians 10:28;
Deuteronomy 10:14;...
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Prevented — Hath laid the first obligation upon me, for which I am
indebted to him. Who can be before — hand with me in kindnesses,
since all things under heaven are mine....