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John Gill's Exposition on Job 41:9

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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Behold, the hope of him is in vain, etc.] Of getting the mastery over him, or of taking him; and yet both crocodiles and whales have been taken; nor is the taking of them to be despaired of; but it seems the “orca”, or the whale with many teeth, has never been taken and killed f1525; shall not [one] be cast down even at the sight of him? the sight of a whale is terrible to mariners, lest their ships should be overturned by it; and some have been so frightened at the sight of a crocodile as to lose their senses: and we read of one that was greatly terrified at seeing the shadow of one; and the creature before mentioned is supposed to be much more terrible f1526 .
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