The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.Brook — Or, of the Nile, of which this word is often used in scripture. His constant residence is in or near this river, or the willows that grow by it. read more
Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.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 drinks as if he designed, to drink up the whole river. He mentions Jordan, as a river well known, in and nigh unto Job's land. read more
He taketh it with his eyes: his nose pierceth through snares.Sight — Can any man take him in his eyes? Openly and by force? Surely not. His strength is too great for man to overcome: and therefore men are forced to use wiles and engines to catch him. read more
JEHOVAH’S THIRD AND LAST ADDRESS TO JOB, Job 40:7 to Job 41:34. First division AN IRONICAL CHALLENGE TO JOB, TO TAKE INTO HIS OWN HANDS THE REINS OF THE WORLD, AND CHIEFLY THE MORAL GOVERNMENT OF MEN, Job 40:7-14. Strophe a. Preliminary questions to Job, by implication demonstrating the reasonableness and justness of the challenge God is about to make to Job, the representative grumbler against the divine government, Job 40:7-9. 6. Whirlwind Storm, as before, (chap. Job 38:1,) but now... read more
7. Gird up… man Same as chap. Job 38:3. The objects contemplated by the following discourse, are similar to those of the preceding discourses, and on this account begin with a like appeal to Job, whose condition is not yet that demanded by the grace of God in order to its complete work. Job’s robes of righteousness hang in tatters, but he is not yet ready to cast them aside as “filthy rags.” Isaiah 64:6. read more
8. Wilt thou also disannul my judgment The word משׁפשׂ , judgment, means also right; “the right I exercise in the government of the world, is equivalent to my righteousness in the same.” Hirtzel. As used by Elihu, and the Almighty also, the term involves both moral and physical power, for the ideas of might and right have been closely blended in the Elihuistic section, and thus far in the Jehovistic section. Elihu, it will be remembered begins his third discourse (Job 35:2) with the... read more
9. An arm like God The arm of the Lord is the symbol of omnipotence, as in Isaiah 51:9, in which, in sublime strains, Jehovah is represented as personifying his own omnipotence. read more
Strophe b. Job’s practical denial of God’s righteousness, and presumptuous readiness to supersede the righteousness of God by that of his own, leads to a challenge without parallel in all literature: that once and for all, instead of indulging in chimerical schemes of divine government, man should array himself in the attributes of Deity, and assume the summary punishment of the wicked in this and in the next world, Job 40:10-14. The nearest classical approach to the sublime conception of... read more
11. Cast abroad… thy wrath Literally, Let the outbreakings of thy wrath pour forth. A solemnly prominent thought in this personification of Job as deity is this, that wrath belongs to God. And abase him A constantly recurring conception in Oriental and classical literature represents the work of Deity to be, the abasement of the proud. The answer of AEsop to Chilon, who asked, “What is God engaged, in doing?” that “He is abasing the high and lifting up the low,” Bayle calls “the... read more
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Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Job 40:20
Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.Mountains — Though he lives most in the water, yet he often fetches his food from the land, and from the mountains or hills, which are nigh the river Nile.Play — They not only feed securely, but sport themselves by him, being taught by experience that he is gentle and harmless. read more