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Verse Job 40:23. _BEHOLD, HE DRINKETH UP A RIVER_] A similar mode of
expression, and of precisely the same meaning, as that in Job 39:24:
"He swalloweth the ground with fierceness." No river can stop...
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BEHOLD HE DRINKETH UP A RIVER - Margin, “oppresseth.” The margin
expresses the proper meaning of the Hebrew word, עשׁק
_‛__âshaq_. It usually means to oppress, to treat with violence
and injustice; a...
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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 40:15)
Job 40:1. Now comes the direct word of Jehovah out...
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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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TRUSTETH. believeth. Hebrew. _batah._ App-69....
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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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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...
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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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BEHOLD, HE DRINKETH UP A RIVER. — This verse is better rendered,
_Behold, if a river overflow_ (or, _is violent_)_, he trembleth not_
(or, _hasteneth not_)_; he is confident, though Jordan swell up to...
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הֵ֤ן יַעֲשֹׁ֣ק נָ֭הָר לֹ֣א יַחְפֹּ֑וז
יִבְטַ֓ח ׀ כִּֽי ־יָגִ֖יחַ יַרְדֵּ֣ן
אֶל ־פִּֽיהוּ׃...
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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 submi...
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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 ha...
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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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Behold, he drinketh up a river, (k) [and] hasteth not: he trusteth
that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.
(k) He drinks at leisure, and fears nobody....
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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, a...
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BEHOLD, HE DRINKETH UP A RIVER, [AND] HASTETH NOT,.... The elephant is
indeed a very thirsty animal, and drinks largely; the philosopher l
says it drinks nine Macedonian bushels at a feeding, and that...
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Behold, he drinketh up a river, [and] hasteth not: he trusteth that he
can draw up Jordan into his mouth.
Ver. 23. _Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not_] viz.
Through fear, _tanquam canis...
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_Behold, he drinketh up a river_ A great quantity of water,
hyperbolically called a river. He _swalloweth_ the waters to such a
degree, says Aben Ezra, as to diminish their fulness. This may be
fitly...
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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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HE DRINKETH:
_ Heb._ he oppresseth...
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He is so large that. rushing river does not alarm him....
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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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HE DRINKETH UP; or, _he snatcheth_, or _draweth_, or drinketh up as it
were with force and violence, as the word signifies. A RIVER, i.e. a
great quantity of water, hyperbolically called a river, as i...
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Job 40:23 river H5104 rage H6231 (H8799) disturbed H2648 (H8799)
confident H982 (H8799) Jordan H3383 gushes H1518 (H8799) mouth H6310
drinketh - Heb. oppresseth, Isaiah 37:25
hasteth - Psalms 55:8; I...
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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 Almight...
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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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Genesis 13:10; Isaiah 28:16; Isaiah 37:25; Joshua 3:15; Psalms 55:8...
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River — A great quantity of water, hyperbolically called a river.
Hasteth not — He drinks not with fear and caution; but such is his
courage, that he fears no enemy either by water or by land. He drin...