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Job 41:13-23

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13 "Who can strip off his outer armor? Who can come within his double mail?
14 "Who can open the doors of his face? Around his teeth there is terror.
15 "His strong scales are his pride, Shut up as with a tight seal.
16 "One is so near to another That no air can come between them.
17 "They are joined one to another; They clasp each other and cannot be separated.
18 "His sneezes flash forth light, And his eyes are like the 1eyelids of the morning.
19 "Out of his mouth go burning torches; Sparks of fire leap forth.
20 "Out of his nostrils smoke goes forth As from a boiling pot and burning rushes.
21 "His breath kindles coals, And a flame goes forth from his mouth.
22 "In his neck lodges strength, And dismay leaps before him.
23 "The folds of his flesh are joined together, Firm on him and immovable *.
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Job 41:13-23 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

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Footnotes 3

  • [a]. Lit "uncover the face of his garment"
  • [b]. So Gr; Heb "bridle"
  • [c]. Lit "rows of shields"
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