3Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words unto thee?
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits:
The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.
By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.
The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-10)Whether this leviathan be a whale or a crocodile is a great dispute among the learned, which I will not undertake to determine; some of the particulars agree more easily to the one, others to the other; both are very strong and fierce, and the power of the Creator appears in them. The ingenious Sir Richard Blackmore, though he admits the more received opinion concerning the behemoth , that it must…
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