Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth .
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Gill's Exposition
Behold also the ships, which though they be so great,.... Of so large a bulk, of such a prodigious size, and are such unwieldy vessels:
and are driven of fierce winds; with great vehemence,…
Barnes' Notes
Behold also the ships - This illustration is equally striking and obvious. A ship is a large object. It seems to be unmanageable by its vastness, and it is also impelled by driving storms. Yet it is…
The foregoing chapter shows how unprofitable and dead faith is without works. It is plainly intimated by what this chapter first goes upon that such a faith is, however, apt to make men conceited and…
Cambridge Bible
Behold also the ships General as the thought is, we may perhaps connect it, as we have done ch. Jas 1:6, with personal recollections of storms on the Galilean lake. It will be seen that this also has…