I will put hooks in your jaws, and I will cause the fish of your rivers to stick to your scales; and I will bring you up out of the midst of your rivers, with all the fish of your rivers which stick to your scales.

Commentaries

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Hooks in your jaws – Compare (Job 41:2). The crocodile is thus rendered an easy prey.

Fish of your rivers – that i…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Hooks in thy jaws. — An allusion to the ancient way of taking and destroying the crocodile, otherwise invulnerable to the…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

But I will put hooks in your jaws
The allusion is to fishhooks, which are taken by fishes with the bait into their m…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Worldly, carnal minds pride themselves in their property, forgetting that whatever we have, we received it from God and should use it for God. Why,…

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