Job 41:31

“He maketh the deep to boil f1569 like a pot, etc.] Which is all in a from through the violent agitation and motion of the waves, caused by its tossing and tumbling about; which better suits with the whale than the crocodile, whose motion in the water is not so vehement; he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment; this also seems to make against the crocodile, which is a river fish, and is chiefly in the Nile. Lakes indeed are sometimes called seas, in which crocodiles are found; yea, they are also said to be in the seas, (<263202>Ezekiel 32:2); and Pliny f1570 speaks of them as common to the land, river, and sea; and the Nile is in the Alcoran f1571 called the sea, and its ancient name was…”

“Whenever he moves. sea--the Nile (Isa 19:5; Nah 3:8). pot of ointment--the vessel in which it is mixed. Appropriate to the crocodile, which emits a musky smell.”

“He maketh the deep to boil like a pot - In his rapid motion through it. The word “deep” (מצולה metsôlâh) may refer to any deep place - either of the sea, of a river, or of mire, Psalms 69:2. It is applied to the depths of the sea, Jonah 2:3; Micah 7:19; but there is nothing in the word that will prevent its application to a large river like the Nile - the usual abode of the crocodile. He maketh the sea - The word “sea” (ים yâm) is often applied to a large river, like the Nile or the Euphrates; see the notes at Isaiah 19:5. Like a pot of ointment - When it is mixed, or stirred together. Bochart supposes that there is an allusion here to the smell of musk, which it is said the crocodile…”

“Boil - To swell, and foam, and froth by his strong and vehement motion, as any liquor does when it is boiled in a pot, especially boiling ointment. The sea - The great river Nile, is called a sea, both in scripture, as Isa 11:15, and in other authors, as Euphrates is called the sea of Babylon, Isa 21:1; Jer 51:36. Lakes also are most frequently called seas both in the Old and New Testament: and in such lakes the crocodiles are as well as in the Nile. Job 41:32”

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