29 A club seems to it but a piece of straw; it laughs at the rattling of the lance.
29 Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.
29 Clubs are counted as stubble; he laughs at the rattle of javelins.
29 A battle ax is nothing but a splinter of kindling; he treats a brandished harpoon as a joke.
29 Darts are regarded as straw; He laughs at the threat of javelins.
29 Clubs are like a blade of grass, and it laughs at the swish of javelins.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Job 41:29
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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.