30 Its undersides are jagged potsherds, leaving a trail in the mud like a threshing sledge.
30 His underparts are like sharp potsherds; he spreads himself like a threshing sledge on the mire.
30 His belly is armor-plated, inexorable - unstoppable as a barge.
30 His undersides are like sharp potsherds; He spreads pointed marks in the mire.
30 Its belly is covered with scales as sharp as glass. It plows up the ground as it drags through the mud.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Job 41:30
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Concerning Leviathan.
The description of the Leviathan, is yet further to convince Job of his own weakness, and of God's almighty power. Whether this Leviathan be a whale or a crocodile, is disputed. The Lord, having showed Job how unable he was to deal with the Leviathan, sets forth his own power in that mighty creature. If such language describes the terrible force of Leviathan, what words can express the power of God's wrath? Under a humbling sense of our own vileness, let us revere the Divine Majesty; take and fill our allotted place, cease from our own wisdom, and give all glory to our gracious God and Saviour. Remembering from whom every good gift cometh, and for what end it was given, let us walk humbly with the Lord.