41:19–21 Poetic license is most obvious in these verses, which describe the crocodile as a fire-breathing dragon. 41:31 boil like a pot: The reptile emits a profusion of air bubbles when it dives below the surface of the water. 41:34 the sons of pride: Or, “the proud beasts”, as the expression is translated in 28:8. 42:1–6 Job’s submission and repentance. His encounter with God’s limitless power and wisdom has silenced his tongue and stilled the storms of his mind. Job has come to see (1) that
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