Job 40:17
“He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
His bones are as strong pieces of brass: his bones are as bars of iron. Than which nothing is stronger. The repetition…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
He moveth his tail like a cedar - Margin, “setteth up.” The Hebrew word (חפץ châphêts) means “to bend, to curve;” and…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
He moveth his tail like a cedar - Therefore it was neither the elephant, who has a tail like that of the hog, nor the…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Job 40:15-24
God, for the further proving of his own power and disproving of Job's pretensions, concludes his discourse with the…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
The "tail" of the hippopotamus is short, naked and muscular, resembling that of the hog. The great strength of the…