John Gill's Exposition on Job 41:10

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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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None [is so] fierce that dare stir him up, etc.] This seems best to agree with the crocodile, who frequently lies down and sleeps on the ground f1527, and in the water by night f1528; (see <262903>Ezekiel 29:3); when it is very dangerous to arouse him; and few, if any so daring, have courage enough to do it: though whales have been seen lying near shore asleep, and looked like rocks, even forty of them together f1529; who then is able to stand before me? This is the inference the Lord draws from hence, or the use he makes of it; that if this creature is so formidable and terrible, that it is dangerous to arouse and provoke him, and there is no standing before him or against him; then how should anyone be able to stand before the Lord, who made this creature, whenever he is angry? (see <197607> Psalm 76:7).

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