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Job 41:22
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Strength resides in his neck,and dismay dances before him.
In his neck there is strength. Terror dances before him.
In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy before him.
In his neck abides strength, and terror dances before him.
There is great strength in its neck. People are afraid and run away.
Strength lodges in its neck, and despair runs before it.
"In Leviathan's neck resides strength, And dismay and terror dance before him.
"In his neck dwells strength, And dismay leaps before him.
In his neck there is strength. Terror dances before him.
In his necke remayneth strength, & labour is reiected before his face.
In its neck lodges strength,And dismay leaps before it.
Strength resides in his neck, and dismay leaps before him.
Its neck is so tremendous that everyone trembles,
His belly is as sharp as fragments of pottery, so he moves across the mud like a threshing-sledge.
In his neck lodgeth strength, and terror danceth before him.
His neck is very powerful. People are afraid and run away from him.
His breath kindles coals, and a flame goes out of his mouth.
His neck is so powerful that all who meet him are terrified.
"Strength abides in its neck, and dismay dances before it.
Strength abides in his neck and terror dances before him.
In his necke remayneth strength, and before his face sorowe is turned to gladnesse.
In his neck abideth strength, And terror danceth before him.
Strength is in his neck, and fear goes dancing before him.
Sharpest potsherds are under him; he spreadeth a threshing-sledge upon the mire.
In his necke remaineth strength, and sorrowe is turned into ioy before him.
In his necke ther remaineth strength, and nothing is to labourous for him.
He makes the deep boil like a brazen caldron; and he regards the sea as a pot of ointment,
In his neck abideth strength, and terror danceth before him.
In his neck abides strength, And terror dances before him.
In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy before him.
Strength dwells in his neck, And sorrow dances before him.
"The tremendous strength in Leviathan's neck strikes terror wherever it goes.
Strength is in his neck, and fear jumps in front of him.
In its neck abides strength, and terror dances before it.
In his neck, lodgeth strength, and, before him, danceth dismay;
(41-13) In his neck strength shall dwell, and want goeth before his face.
In his neck abides strength, and terror dances before him.
In his neck lodge doth strength, And before him doth grief exult.
"In his neck lodges strength, And dismay leaps before him.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Job 39:19, Job 40:16
is turned into joy: Heb. rejoiceth, Hosea 13:14, 1 Corinthians 15:55-57
Gill's Notes on the Bible
In his neck remaineth strength,.... This is thought to be an argument against the whale, which is said to have no neck: but whatever joins the head and body may be called the neck, though ever so small; and the shorter the neck is, the stronger it is. It is also said by some, that the crocodile has no neck also; but the philosopher x is express for it, that it has one and moves it: and Pliny y speaks of it as turning its head upwards, which it could not do without a neck;
and sorrow is turned into joy before him; or leaps and dances before him; it departs from him: he is not afraid of anything, though ever so threatening. Or sorrow and distress at the sight of him, in men and fishes, make them leap, and hasten to get out of the way of him and escape him.
x Aristot. Hist. Animal. l. 9. c. 6. & Part. Animal l. 4. c. 11. y Nat. Hist. l. 8. c. 25.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
In his neck remaineth strength - That is, strength is “permanently residing” there. It is not assumed for the moment, but his neck is so constructed as to be the abode of strength. The word here rendered “remaineth” (ילין yālı̂yn), means properly to pass the night; then to abide or dwell; and there is a designed contrast here with what is said of “sorrow” in this verse. This description of strength residing in the neck, agrees well with the crocodile; see the figure of the animal on p. 255. It is not easy, however, to see how this is applicable to the whale, as Prof. Lee supposes. The whale is endowed, indeed, with great strength, as Prof. Lee has shown, but that strength is manifested mainly by the stroke of the tail.
And sorrow is turned into joy before him - Margin, “rejoiceth.” The proper meaning of the word used here (תדוץ tādûts) is “to dance, to leap, to skip;” and the sense is, that “terror dances before him.” It does not refer to the motion of the animal, as if he were brisk and rapid. but it is a poetic expression, as if terror played or pranced along wherever he came. Strength “resided” in his neck, but his approach made terror and alarm play before him wherever he went; that is, produced terror and dread. In his neck is permanent, calm strength; before him, everything trembles and is agitated. The beauty of the passage lies in this contrast between the strength and firmness which repose calmly in the neck of the animal, and the consternation which he everywhere produces, causing all to tremble as he approaches. Bochart has well illustrated this from the Classical writers.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Job 41:22. In his neck remaineth strength — Literally, "strength has its dwelling in his neck." The neck is the seat of strength of most animals; but the head and shoulders must be here meant, as the crocodile has no neck, being shaped nearly like a lizard.
And sorrow is turned into joy before him. — ולפניו תדוץ דאבה ulephanaiv taduts deabah; "And destruction exulteth before him." This is as fine an image as can well be conceived. It is in the true spirit of poetry, the legitimate offspring of the genie createur. Our translation is simply insignificant.
