Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly.
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Gill's Exposition
He moveth his tail like a cedar,.... To which it is compared, not for the length and largeness of it; for the tail both of the elephant and of the river horse is short; though Vartomannus (c) says,…
Barnes' Notes
Lo now, his strength is in his loins - The inspection of the figure of the hippopotamus will show the accuracy of this. The strength of the elephant is in the neck; of the lion in the paw; of the…
Adam Clarke
His strength is in his loins - This refers to his great agility, notwithstanding his bulk; by the strength of his loins he was able to take vast springs, and make astonishing bounds.
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,…
These verses read,
16. Lo now, his strength is in his loins,
And his force in the sinews of his belly.
17. He bendeth his tail like a cedar;
The muscles of his thighs are knit together.
18. His…