| Geneva Study Bible {h} He is the chief of the ways of God: {i} he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him. (h) He is one of the chief works of God among the beasts. (i) Though man dare not come near him, yet God can kill him. Wesley's Notes 40:19 The chief - He is one of the chief of God's works, in regard of its great bulk and strength. Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary 19. Chief of the works of God; so "ways" (Job 26:14; Pr 8:22). can make his sword to approach-rather, "has furnished him with his sword" (harpe), namely, the sickle-like teeth with which he cuts down grain. English Version, however, is literally right. Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 40:15-24 God, for the further proving of his own power, describes two vast animals, far exceeding man in bulk and strength. Behemoth signifies beasts. Most understand it of an animal well known in Egypt, called the river-horse, or hippopotamus. This vast animal is noticed as an argument to humble ourselves before the great God; for he created this vast animal, which is so fearfully and wonderfully made. Whatever strength this or any other creature has, it is derived from God. He that made the soul of man, knows all the ways to it, and can make the sword of justice, his wrath, to approach and touch it. Every godly man has spiritual weapons, the whole armour of God, to resist, yea, to overcome the tempter, that his never-dying soul may be safe, whatever becomes of his frail flesh and mortal body. | 
