Job 41:1-8

God's Power Shown in Creatures

1 "Can you draw out ¹Leviathan with a fishhook? Or press down his tongue with a cord?

2 "Can you ²put a rope in his nose Or pierce his jaw with a hook?

3 "Will he make many supplications to you, Or will he speak to you soft words?

4 "Will he make a covenant with you? Will you take him for a servant forever?

5 "Will you play with him as with a bird, Or will you bind him for your maidens?

6 "Will the traders bargain over him? Will they divide him among the merchants?

7 "Can you fill his skin with harpoons, Or his head with fishing spears?

8 "Lay your hand on him; Remember the battle; you will not do it again!

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Job 41:1-8 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JOB 41

A large description is here given of the leviathan, from the difficulty and danger of taking it, from whence it is inferred that none can stand before God, Job 41:1-10; from the several parts of him, his face, teeth, scales, eyes, mouth and neck, flesh and heart, Job 41:11-24; and from various wonderful terrible things said of him, and ascribed to him, Job 41:25-34.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 2

1. Job 3:8; Psalms 74:14; Psalms 104:26; Isaiah 27:1
2. 2 Kings 19:28; Isaiah 37:29

Footnotes 6

[a]. Ch 40:25 in Heb
[b]. Or "the crocodile"
[c]. Lit "rope of rushes"
[d]. Or "thorn" or "ring"
[e]. Lit "partners"
[f]. Lit "do not add"