Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.
The verse belongs to God's own speech in Job 38-40, where God Himself puts questions about the mysteries of nature that even the most profound scholars cannot answer. In its context it describes the feeding of behemoth, a huge devouring beast with jaws and teeth, which is supplied with food brought forth from the mountains where all the beasts of the field play. As God's own true word it stands against human fallacies by showing that a personal God created nature and stands distinct from nature, and that man was created after the image of God and Christ. It directs attention to God's deep mysteries and shows that human wisdom is limited, teaching that God's revealed mysteries call for faith, since searching and learning still leave an infinite beyond human understanding. Behemoth in this passage is a fitting picture of the Romanist power gathered at Worms, threatening to burn its opponent alive as John Huss was burned. The verse therefore carries the assurance that even if a fire were kindled all the way from Worms to Wittenberg with flames rising to heaven, the jaws of this behemoth can be entered and his teeth broken in the name of the Lord by going through and confessing the Lord Jesus Christ.
The verse belongs to God's own speech in Job 38-40, where God Himself puts questions about the mysteries of nature that even the most profound scholars cannot answer. In its context it describes the feeding of behemoth, a huge devouring beast with jaws and teeth, which is supplied with food brought forth from the mountains where all the beasts of the field play.
As God's own true word it stands against human fallacies by showing that a personal God created nature and stands distinct from nature, and that man was created after the image of God and Christ. It directs attention to God's deep mysteries and shows that human wisdom is limited, teaching that God's revealed mysteries call for faith, since searching and learning still leave an infinite beyond human understanding.
Behemoth in this passage is a fitting picture of the Romanist power gathered at Worms, threatening to burn its opponent alive as John Huss was burned. The verse therefore carries the assurance that even if a fire were kindled all the way from Worms to Wittenberg with flames rising to heaven, the jaws of this behemoth can be entered and his teeth broken in the name of the Lord by going through and confessing the Lord Jesus Christ.