Job 40:13
His bones are like pipes of brass; his cartilage is like plates of iron.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Hide them in the dust together; and bind their faces in secret.
In Context
12He draws up his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs have been drawn together.
14He is the beginning of the ways of God, who made him; he will use him as his sword.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:9He will preserve the feet of his holy ones, and the impious will be silenced in darkness. For no man will prevail by his own strength.
Job 14:13Who will grant this to me, that you will protect me in the underworld, and hide me until your fury passes by, and establish a time for me, in which you will remember me?
Psalms 49:14Offer to God the sacrifice of praise, and pay your vows to the Most High.
John 11:44And immediately, he who had been dead went forth, bound at the feet and hands with winding bands. And his face was bound with a separate cloth. Jesus said to them, “Release him and let him go.”
Matthew Henry on Job 40:7-15
Divine Justice and Power; God's Dominion over the Proud. ( b. c. 1520.) 6 Then answered the Lord unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said, 7 Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me. 8 Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous? 9 Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him? 10 Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty. 11 Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath:… Read the whole commentary →