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Verse Job 41:26. _HABERGEON._] The hauberk, the Norman armour for the
head, neck, and breast, formed of rings. See on Nehemiah 4:16....
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THE SWORD OF HIM THAT LAYETH AT HIM - The word “sword” here
(חרב _chereb_) means undoubtedly “harpoon,” or a sharp
instrument by which an attempt is made to pierce the skin of the
monster.
CANNOT HOL...
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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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DART. missile. Not same word as in Job 41:29. (Hebrew. _massa')._
HABERGEON. coat of mail....
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He can be subdued by no weapon....
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_that layeth at him_ That is, that striketh at him; lit. _he that
layeth at him with the sword, it doth not hold_. The sword does not
hold, or bite, but glances off his adamantine armour.
_the haberg...
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Description of the parts of Leviathan....
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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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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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_THE SWORD OF HIM THAT LAYETH AT HIM CANNOT HOLD: THE SPEAR, THE DART,
NOR THE HABERGEON._
Cannot hold - on his hard skin.
HABERGEON - coat of mail: avail must be taken by Zeugma out of
"hold," as...
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41:26 harpoon. (b-16) Or 'coat of mail.'...
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HABERGEON] RV 'pointed shaft.' An ordinary bullet will not pierce a
crocodile's scales....
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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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Many towns are near rivers. So a crocodile could enter a town. The
inhabitants would want to frighten it. Perhaps it will return to the
river. But the people cannot attack it. The crocodile is not afr...
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THE SWORD OF HIM THAT LAYETH AT HIM. — Literally, _As to one
approaching him_ (to slay him), _his sword cannot stand; it will snap
in his hand.
_...
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_[Job 41:18]_ מַשִּׂיגֵ֣הוּ חֶ֭רֶב בְּלִ֣י
תָק֑וּם חֲנִ֖ית...
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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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(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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THE SWORD OF HIM THAT LAYETH AT HIM CANNOT HOLD,.... It is either
broken by striking at him, or however cannot pierce him and stick in
him; but since a sword is not used in fishery, rather the harpago...
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The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart,
nor the habergeon.
Ver. 26. _The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold_] So close
are his scales, so thick his skin, that t...
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_The sword of him that layeth at him_ That approacheth to him, and
dares to strike at him; _cannot hold_ Hebrew, בלי תקום, _beli
takum, cannot stand._ Either, 1st, Cannot endure the stroke, but will
b...
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The sword of him that layeth at him, in an effort to wound or kill
him, CANNOT HOLD, it glances off without effect; THE SPEAR, THE DART,
NOR THE HABERGEON, no matter what weapon or missile is used....
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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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HABERGEON:
Or, breastplate...
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THAT LAYETH AT HIM; that approacheth to him, and dare strike at him.
CANNOT HOLD, Heb. _cannot stand_, i.e. either,
1. Cannot endure the stroke, but will be broken by it. Or rather,
2. Cannot abide o...
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Job 41:26 sword H2719 reaches H5381 (H8688) avail H6965 (H8799) spear
H2595 dart H4551 javelin H8302
The
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HABERGEON
Or, breastplate....
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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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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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Job 39:21...
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Hold — Heb. cannot stand, cannot endure the stroke, but will be
broken by it. The crocodile's skin, no sword, nor dart, nor musquet
bullet can pierce....