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Verse Job 40:18. _HIS BONES_ ARE AS _STRONG PIECES OF BRASS-BARS OF
IRON._] The tusk I have mentioned above is uncommonly _hard, solid_,
and _weighty_ for its size....
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HIS BONES ARE AS STRONG PIECES OF BRASS - The circumstance here
adverted to was remarkable, because the common residence of the animal
was the water, and the bones of aquatic animals are generally hol...
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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:
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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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_strong pieces of brass_ Rather literally, ARE PIPES OF BRASS....
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These verses read,
16. Lo now, his strength is in his loins,
And his force in the sinews of his belly.
17. He bendeth his tail like a cedar;
The muscles of his thighs are knit together.
18. His b...
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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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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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 40
GOD CONTINUES HIS SPEECH...
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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...
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עֲ֭צָמָיו אֲפִיקֵ֣י נְחוּשָׁ֑ה
גְּ֝רָמָ֗יו כִּ מְטִ֥יל...
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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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“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...
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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...
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Wonder. Hebrew, "make haste," taking time to render it muddy.
(\'c6lian xiv. 44.) --- It can drink a great deal at once, and then
abstain for a week. (Calmet) --- Run. Hebrew, "he may draw."
Septuagin...
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(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...
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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...
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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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HIS BONES [ARE AS] STRONG PIECES OF BRASS: HIS BONES [ARE] AS BARS OF
IRON. Than which nothing is stronger. The repetition is made for
greater illustration and confirmation; but what is said is not
ap...
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His bones [are as] strong pieces of brass; his bones [are] like bars
of iron.
Ver. 18. _His bones are as strony pieces of brass_] Or, as conduit
pipes of brass, whereby may be understood his hollow b...
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_His bones_ Under which title are comprehended his ribs, (as the LXX.
here render it,) and his teeth; _are as strong pieces of brass_
Exceeding hard and strong. Such they are both in the elephant and...
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His bones are as strong pieces of brass, tubes or channels of
strength; HIS BONES ARE LIKE BARS OF IRON, tenacious as wrought iron....
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Job's Weakness Contrasted with the Strength Even of the Hippopotamus...
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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...
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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...
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HIS BONES; under which title are comprehended his ribs (as the LXX
here render it) and his teeth. AS STRONG PIECES OF BRASS, exceeding
hard and strong, as they are in both these creature....
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Job 40:18 bones H6106 beams H650 bronze H5154 ribs H1634 bars H4300
iron H1270
Job 7:12;...
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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...
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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;...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Isaiah 48:4; Job 7:12...