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A Creature of Awesome Power
Commentators explain that the phrases "boil like a pot" and "pot of ointment" are vivid descriptions of Leviathan's power. Its movement violently churns the water, demonstrating the might God has placed in His creation. This imagery serves to emphasize the creature's overwhelming force.
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Albert Barnes
On Job 41:31
18th Century
Theologian
He makes the deep to boil like a pot - In his rapid motion through it. The word “deep” (מצולה metsôlâh…
Charles Ellicott
On Job 41:31
19th Century
Bishop
The sea — i.e., not necessarily the salt water, for the Nile is still called the sea by the Arabs, and so it is with many…
John Gill
On Job 41:31
17th Century
Pastor
He makes the deep to boil F11 like a pot
Which is all in a from through the violent agitation and motion …
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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…