34He beholdeth all high things: he is a king over all the children of pride.
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Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself.
Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.
The lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it.
He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud.
And Pharaoh said, Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the LORD, neither will I let Israel go.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 11-34)God, having in the Job 42:1-6 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 independency laid down, Job 41:11. 1. That he is indebted to none of his creatures. If any pretend he is indebted to them, let them make their demand and prove their debt, and they shall receive it in full and no…
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