Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Job 40:17

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17. like a cedar —As the tempest bends the cedar, so it can move its smooth thick tail [UMBREIT]. But the cedar implies straightness and length, such as do not apply to the river horse's short tail, but perhaps to an extinct species of animal (see on Job 40:4 ). stones —rather, "thighs." wrapped —firmly twisted together, like a thick rope. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-18" class="com-number"

Pericope (part_of)

• part_of pericope/per-job-40-003

절 (explains)

bible-text/job-40-17

Source

• source-manifest/jfb — Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)
• evidence_grade: T_theological