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Human Weapons Are a Joke
Commentators note that the weapons listed, likely including powerful clubs and not just darts, are treated as insignificant as "stubble" by Leviathan. The creature "laugheth at the rushing of the javelin," showing not just invulnerability but utter contempt for humanity's greatest force. This imagery powerfully illustrates the creature's might.
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Albert Barnes
On Job 41:29
18th Century
Theologian
Darts are counted as stubble - The word rendered “darts” (תותח tôthâch) occurs nowhere else in the Scriptures. It…
Charles Ellicott
On Job 41:29
19th Century
Bishop
(29) Darts. —Rather, clubs.
John Gill
On Job 41:29
17th Century
Pastor
Darts are counted as stubble
Darts being mentioned before, perhaps something else is meant here, and, according to B…
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Matthew Henry
On Job 41:1–34
17th Century
Minister
The description of the Leviathan is further to convince Job of his own weakness and of God's almighty power. Whether this Leviathan is a whale or a…