He makes the depths seethe like a cauldron; he makes the sea like a jar of ointment.
God, having in the foregoing verses shown Job how unable he was to deal with the leviathan, here sets forth his own power in that massy mighty creature. Here is, I. God's sovereign dominion and independency laid down, Job 41:11. 1. That he is indebted to none of his creatures.
Commenting on Job 41:11-34
He maketh a path to shine after him,.... Upon the sea, by raising a white from upon it, through its vehement motion as it passes along, or by the spermaceti it casts out and leaves behind it. It is said (s) that whales will cut and plough the sea in such a manner, as to leave a shining glittering path behind them, the length of...
Whenever he moves. sea--the Nile (Isa 19:5; Nah 3:8). pot of ointment--the vessel in which it is mixed. Appropriate to the crocodile, which emits a musky smell.