English Standard Version
Job 41:34
34He sees everything that is high; he is king over all the sons of pride."
Job 41:34 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He beholdeth all high things: he is a king over all the children of pride.
- New International Version (NIV)It looks down on all that are haughty; it is king over all that are proud.”
- New King James Version (NKJV)He beholds every high thing; He is king over all the children of pride.”
- New Living Translation (NLT)Of all the creatures, it is the proudest. It is the king of beasts.”
Context of Job 41:34
32Behind him he leaves a shining wake; one would think the deep to be white-haired. 33On earth there is not his like, a creature without fear. He sees everything that is high; he is king over all the sons of pride."
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אֵֽת־כָּל־גָּבֹ֥הַּ יִרְאֶ֑ה ה֝֗וּא מֶ֣לֶךְ עַל־כָּל־בְּנֵי־שָֽׁחַץ׃ סRead the interlinear
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Commentaries on Job 41:34
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 34He is a king over all the children of pride - There is no animal in the waters that does not fear and fly from him. Hence the Chaldee renders it, all the offspring of Fishes. Calmet says, that by the children of pride the Egyptians are meant; that the crocodile is called their king, because he was one of their principal divinities; that the kings of Egypt were called Pharaoh, which signifies a crocodile; and that the Egyptians were proverbial for their…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 34He beholdeth all high things - That is, he looks down on everything as inferior to him. He is a king over all the children of pride - Referring, by “the children of pride,” to the animals that are bold, proud, courageous - as the lion, the panther, etc. The lion is often spoken of as “the king of the forest,” or “the king of beasts,” and in a similar sense the leviathan is here spoken of as at the head of the animal creation. He is afraid of none of them…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3434. beholdeth--as their superior. children of pride--the proud and fierce beasts. So Job 28:8; Hebrew, "sons of pride." To humble the pride of man and to teach implicit submission, is the aim of Jehovah's speech and of the book; therefore with this as to leviathan, the type of God in His lordship over creation, He closes.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 41
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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