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Job 41:21-31

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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 *.
24 "His heart is as hard as a stone, Even as hard as a lower millstone.
25 "When he raises himself up, the mighty fear; Because of the crashing they are bewildered.
26 "The sword that reaches him cannot avail, Nor the spear, the dart or the javelin.
27 "He regards iron as straw, Bronze as rotten wood.
28 "The arrow cannot make him flee; Slingstones * are turned into stubble for him.
29 "Clubs are regarded as stubble; He laughs at the rattling of the javelin.
30 "His underparts are like sharp potsherds; He spreads out like a threshing sledge on the mire.
31 "He makes the depths boil like a pot; He makes the sea like a jar of ointment.
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Job 41:21-31 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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