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LAY THINE HAND UPON HIM - Prof. Lee renders this, very improperly, as
it seems to me, “Lay thine hand on thy mouth respecting him,”
supposing it means that he should be awed into silence by dread of t...
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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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The verse is ironical,
Lay thine hand upon him!
Think of the battle: thou shalt do so no more.
The last words, _thou shalt do so no more_(so the Geneva), refer to
the ironical advice given in the f...
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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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The impossibility of capturing the animal....
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LAY THINE HAND UPON HIM, &C.— _Be sure thou strikest home; mind thy
blow; rely not on a second stroke,_ Job 41:9. _See, he is deceived in
his expectation: will he also faint away at the sight of them?...
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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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_LAY THINE HAND UPON HIM, REMEMBER THE BATTLE, DO NO MORE._
If thou lay, etc., thou wilt have reason ever to REMEMBER the battle,
how severe it was, and thou wilt never try, it again....
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LAY THINE HAND UPON HIM] i.e. if you dare. DO NO MORE] or, 'do not
repeat it.'...
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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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The crocodile would probably kill the person who touched it. But if
that person escaped, he would not dare to touch another crocodile....
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REMEMBER THE BATTLE. — “Bear in mind what thou dost attempt, and
thou wilt not do it again.”...
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_[Job 40:32]_ שִׂים ־עָלָ֥יו כַּפֶּ֑ךָ
זְכֹ֥ר מִ֝לְחָמָ֗ה...
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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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Lay thine hand upon him, remember (o) the battle, do no more.
(o) If you once consider the danger, you will not meddle with him....
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(1) В¶ Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue
with a cord which thou lettest down? (2) Canst thou put an hook into
his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn? (3) Will he make m...
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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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LAY THINE HAND UPON HIM,.... If thou canst or darest. It is dangerous
so to do, either to the whale or crocodile;
REMEMBER THE BATTLE; or "look for war", as Mr. Broughton renders it;
expect a fight w...
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Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more.
Ver. 8. _Lay thy hand upon him_] Stroke him, clap him on the back, and
see if that way thou canst win upon him, since by force thou canst not...
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_Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons?_ A whale's skin you may;
but the skin of a crocodile is so hard that an iron, or spear, will
not pierce it. It may, however, be understood also of the whal...
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Lay thine hand upon him; remember the battle, do no more, that is, if
one should have the foolhardiness to attempt a fight with a fierce
crocodile, he would never try it again, the remembrance of that...
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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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"Any attempt to lay. hand on him will teach one. lesson that will have
lasting effects. Capture of leviathan is hopeless; the mere sight of
him is discouraging. No man is rugged enough as to be up to...
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LAY THINE HAND UPON HIM; either,
1. In a familiar and friendly manner, that thou mayst catch him by
deceit, when thou canst not do it by force. Or rather,
2. In way of hostility, seize upon him and t...
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Job 41:8 Lay H7760 (H8798) hand H3709 Remember H2142 (H8798) again
H3254 (H8686)...
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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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1 Kings 20:11; 2 Kings 10:4; Luke 14:31; Luke 14:32...
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Lay — Seize upon him, if thou darest. Battle — But ere thou
attempt it consider what thou art doing, and with whom, thou art going
to fight. Do no more — Proceed no farther, draw back thy hand....