Job 41:5-15

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!

9 "Behold, your expectation is false; Will you be laid low even at the sight of him?

10 "No one is so fierce that he dares to ¹arouse him; Who then is he that can stand before Me?

11 "Who has ²given to Me that I should repay him? Whatever is ³under the whole heaven is Mine.

12 "I will not keep silence concerning his limbs, Or his mighty strength, or his orderly frame.

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.

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Job 41:5-15 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 3

1. Job 3:8
2. Romans 11:35
3. Exodus 19:5; Deuteronomy 10:14; Job 9:5-10; Job 26:6-14; Job 28:24; Psalms 24:1; Psalms 50:12; 1 Corinthians 10:26

Footnotes 10

[a]. Lit "partners"
[b]. Lit "do not add"
[c]. Ch 41:1 in Heb
[d]. Lit "his"
[e]. Lit "he"
[f]. Lit "anticipated"
[g]. Or "graceful"
[h]. Lit "uncover the face of his garment"
[i]. So Gr; Heb "bridle"
[j]. Lit "rows of shields"

Job 41:5-15

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Job 41:5-15 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JOB 41

Cross References 3

Footnotes 10