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21He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens.

Job 40:21

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  • And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither. …

  • And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.

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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