Job Chapter 41 verse 25 Holy Bible
When he raiseth himself up, the mighty are afraid: By reason of consternation they are beside themselves.
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Everything which is high goes in fear of him; he is king over all the sons of pride.
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When he raiseth himself up, the mighty are afraid: they are beside themselves with consternation.
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When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings they purify themselves.
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He beholdeth all high things: he is a king over all the children of pride.
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When he raises himself up, the mighty are afraid. They retreat before his thrashing.
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From his rising are the mighty afraid, From breakings they keep themselves free.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 25. - When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid. Egyptian historians said that one of their early kings had been slain by a crocodile (Manetho ap. Euseb., 'Chronicles Can.,' pars 1:20, p. 98). The worship paid to crocodiles in some parts of Egypt, and the hatred felt towards them in others, were probably alike inspired by fear. AElian says that, in the districts where crocodiles were worshipped, it was not safe for any one to wash his feet or to draw water at the river, and that in the vicinity of some towns people did not dare to walk along the bank of the stream ('Nat. An.,' 10:24). In modern times they have been known to precipitate men from the bank into the water by a sweep of their tail, and then to devour them at their leisure. By reason of breakings they purify themselves; rather, they are confounded. The "breakings" may by either the breakings forth of the animal from his lair among the Nile rushes, or his "breaking" of the weapons of his assailants.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(25) By reason of breakings--i.e., the waves he makes in the water, or the breakings he makes among the plants and trees in the water.They purify themselves--i.e., they are beside themselves; they are so overwhelmed with terror, that they take themselves off, as those who have to dwell apart for uncleanness.
