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Job 41 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for Job 41, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.

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Hebrew words / lemmas
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classic sermon excerpts
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preachers & commentators

Job 41 in the Hebrew

Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Count Glosses
יָצַק yâtsaq H3332 3 pour out, melt
חָשַׁב châshab H2803 3 plait, interpenetrate
קַשׁ qash H7179 2 straw, dry
דָּבַק dâbaq H1692 2 impinge, cling
אוֹר ʼôwr H215 2 illumination, luminary
אֶבֶן ʼeben H68 2 stone
פֶּה peh H6310 2 mouth, blowing

How preachers through history handled this text

2 public-domain excerpts on Job 41, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Matthew Henry 1 John Wesley 1

“XLI To convince Job of his wickedness, he is here challenged to subdue and tame the leviathan, ver. 1-10. A particular description of him. ver. 11-34. 1. Leviathan - Several particulars in the following description, agree far better with the crocodile, than the whale. It is highly probable, that this is the creature here spoken of. Cord - Canst thou take him with a hook and a line, as anglers take ordinary fishes. 2. Thorn - Or, with an iron hook, or instrument as sharp as a thorn; wherewith thou usest to carry little fishes. 3. …”

— John Wesley, Wesley's Notes on the Whole Bible, on Job 41:1–34 (Public Domain)

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