Chapter 40 – FAMILIA MUNDIAL
1 [15] Behemoth: the hippopotamus.
2 [24] Eyes . . . nose: the only exposed parts of the submerged beast.
3 [25] (25) Leviathan here is the crocodile. But cf ⇒ Job 3:8.
4 [30] (30) Merchants: literally, «Canaanites,» whose reputation for trading was so widespread that their name came to be used for merchants; cf ⇒ Proverb 31:24. The meaning of this verse is that the crocodile is too powerful a creature to be sold like a common fish.