_JOB HUMBLETH HIMSELF BEFORE GOD; WHO FURTHER CHALLENGETH HIM BY A DISPLAY OF THE WORKS OF HIS POWER. A DESCRIPTION OF THE BEHEMOTH._ _Before Christ 1645._ _JOB 40:1. MOREOVER THE LORD ANSWERED JOB, AND SAID_— Houbigant subjoins the first five verses of this chapter to the 39th, after the Hebrew,... [ Continue Reading ]
SHALL HE THAT CONTENDETH, &C.— _He who disputeth with the Almighty shall be chastised; he that will argue the point with God ought to answer for it:_ Heath: who, subjoining this after Job's confession, chap. 42: takes the argument to be this: "It is not sufficient that thou repentest in dust and ash... [ Continue Reading ]
AND BIND THEIR FACES IN SECRET— _Shut up their faces in the secret place._ Heath. _Overwhelm their faces with darkness._... [ Continue Reading ]
BEHEMOTH— The Hebrew word בהמות _behemoth_ expresses that animal which eminently partakes of the bestial or brutish nature. Bochart seems to have proved to a demonstration, that the _behemoth_ is the hippopotamus, the _sea-horse,_ or, more properly, the _river-horse._ The Sieur Thevenot, saw one of... [ Continue Reading ]
HE THAT MADE HIM CAN MAKE HIS SWORD TO APPROACH UNTO HIM— _He who made him, hath furnished him with his scythe._ Heath. The Hebrew word here rendered _sword,_ or _scythe,_ denotes the instrument by which this animal gathers his food.... [ Continue Reading ]
BEHOLD, HE DRINKETH UP A RIVER— _Should an inundation of the river suddenly overtake him, he would not be in the least fear: he trusteth that he can spout forth Jordan through his mouth._ Bochart and others say, that _Jordan_ is here put by a figure for any river; but Houbigant is of opinion, that... [ Continue Reading ]
HE TAKETH IT WITH HIS EYES— _Who can take him in his streams? Can cords be drawn through his nose?_ Heath. _Can his nose be perforated with hooks?_ Houbigant. The way of taking these animals, as related by an ancient writer, Achilles Tatius, will explain this passage. "The huntsmen, having found the... [ Continue Reading ]