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Clubs are counted as stubble. He laughs at the rushing of the javelin.
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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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18th Century
Presbyterian
Darts are counted as stubble - The word rendered “darts” (תותח tôthâch) occurs nowhere else in the Scriptures. It…
19th Century
Anglican
(29) Darts. —Rather, clubs.
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Darts are counted as stubble Darts being mentioned before, perhaps something else is meant here, and, according to B…
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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…
13th Century
Catholic
After describing the structure of Leviathan, the Lord next describes its powerful actions. Just as He first described the arrangement of its head a…
