Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible
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Job
Book: Job
Chapter: 41
Overview:
Concerning
Leviathan.
- The description of the
Leviathan, is yet further to convince
Job of his own weakness, and of
God's almighty power. Whether
this
Leviathan be a
Whale or a crocodile, is disputed. The
Lord,
having showed
Job how unable he was to
Deal with the
Leviathan,
sets forth his own power in that mighty
Creature. If such
language describes the terrible force of
Leviathan, what words
can express the power of
God's wrath? Under a humbling sense of
our own vileness, let us revere the Divine Majesty; take and
fill our allotted place, cease from our own
Wisdom, and give all
Glory to our gracious
God and
Saviour. Remembering from whom
every good
Gift cometh, and for what
End it was given, let us
walk humbly with the
Lord.