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He makes the deep to boil like a pot. He makes the sea like a pot of ointment.
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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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18th Century
Presbyterian
He makes the deep to boil like a pot - In his rapid motion through it. The word “deep” (מצולה metsôlâh…
19th Century
Anglican
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…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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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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…
