Job 40:15-41:34 Behold now behemoth, which I made with you; he eats grass as an ox.… Out of the storm and tempest, just symbols of the Divine power, the Lord answers Job in words calculated further and deeper to humble the prostrate one. The Divine hand is tempering the already yielding clay and preparing it for the impress of the Divine stamp. The Lord calls Job to compare himself with him. This Job cannot venture to do. The next process is to show how weak is man in presence of the creatures of the Divine power. In prolonged words the great might of "behemoth" and "leviathan" are set forth; but it is with a view to set forth the Divine might as illustrated in these the creatures of his hands. The process of reasoning is - If the creature of God is mighty, how much more so is the Creator himself! Thus the Divine works speak for God; and their voice every wise one will hear and heed. The greatness of nature, the marvellous works of the Divine hands; their unnumbered and innumerable hosts; their multiplied variety; their wonderful structure; their beauty; their continuous preservation; their mutual adaptation and service; - all declare the wonders of the Divine hand. In later days the eyes of men were directed to the insignificant sparrow, the here bird on the house-top, and from the Divine care over it men were led to learn lessons of faith and trustful hope. So here, by reference to the greater creatures of the Divine power, frail man is led lower and lower into the depths of humiliation and self-abasement. The creatures display - I. THE DEPTH OF THE CREATIVE WISDOM OF GOD. II. THE ALMIGHTINESS OF THE DIVINE POWER. III. THE INFINITUDE OF THE DIVINE BENEFICENCE. "All thy works praise thee, O God." IV. THEY TEACH THE LESSON TO MAN OF HUMBLENESS AND LOWLY TRUST. He who cares for the birds of the air and for the beasts of the field will not neglect frail man. Happy is he who has learnt to trust in the Lord and do good, knowing that he shall dwell in the land, and verily he shall be fed. - R.G. Parallel Verses KJV: Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.WEB: "See now, behemoth, which I made as well as you. He eats grass as an ox. |
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