19He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him.
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By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent.
O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.
Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear.
If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.
In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 15-24)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, one he calls behemoth , the other leviathan . In these verses we have the former described. “ Behold now behemoth , and consider whether thou art able to contend with him who made that beast and gave…
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