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Gill's Exposition
Lo now, his strength is in his loins,.... The strength of the elephant is well known, being able to carry a castle on its back, with a number of men therein; but what follows does not seem so well to…
Barnes' Notes
Behold now behemoth - Margin, “or, the elephant, as some think.” In the close of the argument, God appeals to two animals as among the chief of his works, and as illustrating more than any others his…
Adam Clarke
Behold now behemoth - The word בהמות behemoth is the plural of בהמה behemah, which signifies cattle in general, or graminivorous animals, as distinguished from חיתו chayetho, all wild or carnivorous…
God, for the further proving of his own power and disproving of Job's pretensions, concludes his discourse with the description of two vast and mighty animals, far exceeding man in bulk and strength,…
Cambridge Bible
Behold now behemoth The word, behemoth, may be a Heb. plur. of intensity, signifying the beastor ox, par excellence; but probably it is an Egyptian name Hebraized. It has been supposed to be the…