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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal. This is notoriously true of the crocodile, whose back and tail are covered with scales, which are in a measure impenetrable and…
Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Barnes' Notes
His scales are his pride - Margin, “strong pieces of shields.” The literal translation of this would be, “Pride, the strong of shields;” that is, the strong shields. There can be no doubt that there…
Methodist theologian, 1762–1832
Adam Clarke
His scales are his pride - They are impenetrable, as we have already seen.
God, having in the foregoing verses shown Job how unable he was to deal with the leviathan, here sets forth his own power in that massy mighty creature. Here is,
I. God's sovereign dominion and…