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A Creature's Armor
Commentators explain that the imagery of 'sharp potsherds' refers to the creature's incredibly tough and pointed underbelly. Its scales are so rugged that when it moves or rests upon the mud, it leaves an impression like a 'threshing-wain,' a heavy agricultural tool used to separate grain. This detail emphasizes the creature's natural, impenetrable armor.
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Albert Barnes
On Job 41:30
18th Century
Theologian
Sharp stones are under him - Margin, as in Hebrew, “pieces of pot sherd.” The Hebrew word (חדוד chaddûd), means “…
Charles Ellicott
On Job 41:30
19th Century
Bishop
(30) He spreads sharp pointed things upon the mire. —Some render, “He spreads, as it were, a threshing sledg…
John Gill
On Job 41:30
17th Century
Pastor
Sharp stones [are] under him
And yet give him no pain nor uneasiness;
he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the…
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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…