When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings they purify themselves.
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Gill's Exposition
The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold,.... It is either broken by striking at him, or however cannot pierce him and stick in him; but since a sword is not used in fishery, rather the…
Barnes' Notes
When he raiseth up himself - When he rouses himself for an attack or in self-defense. The mighty are afraid - The Vulgate renders this “anqels.” The meaning is, that he produces alarm on those who are…
Adam Clarke
By reason of breakings they purify themselves - No version, either ancient or modern, appears to have understood this verse; nor is its true sense known. The Septuagint have, "When he turns himself,…
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…
Cambridge Bible
With his "firmness" of heart there naturally goes a corresponding courage and fierceness.
by reason of breakings Rather, by reason of terrors they are beside themselves; lit. they lose themselves. The…