| Geneva Study Bible Sharp stones {i} are under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire. (i) His skin is so hard that he lies with a great ease on the stones as in the mud. Wesley's Notes 41:30 Stones - His skin is so impenetrable, that the sharpest stones or shells are as easy unto him as the mire. King James Translators' Notes Sharp stones: Heb. Sharp pieces of potsherd Scofield Reference Notes Margin sharp stones Heb. sharp pieces of potsherd. Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary 30. stones-rather, "potsherds," that is, the sharp and pointed scales on the belly, like broken pieces of pottery. sharp-pointed things-rather, "a threshing instrument," but not on the fruits of the earth, but "on the mire"; irony. When he lies on the mire, he leaves the marks of his scales so imprinted on it, that one might fancy a threshing instrument with its sharp teeth had been drawn over it (Isa 28:27). Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 41:1-34 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. | 
