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Can you fill his skin with barbed irons, Or his head with fish-spears?
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The Crocodile's Armor
Commentators note that the inability to pierce Leviathan's skin with spears points strongly to it being a crocodile, not a whale. While whales are regularly hunted with harpoons, the crocodile's hide is famously thick and impenetrable, making it a powerful illustration of a creature that man cannot easily subdue.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Can you fill his skin with barbed irons? (Job 41:7) – Referring to its thickness and impenetrability. A common method o…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Can you fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears ? ] This seems …
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…
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13th Century
Catholic
After the Lord described the power of Leviathan, showing that humanity cannot conquer him but only God can, He now speaks of Leviathan's power to a…
