Job 41:29-34

29 To him a club is a piece of straw, and he laughs when men throw spears.

30 The scales on his belly are like jagged pieces of pottery; they tear up the muddy ground like a threshing sledge.

31 He churns up the sea like boiling water and makes it bubble like a pot of oil.

32 He leaves a shining path behind him and turns the sea to white foam.

33 There is nothing on earth to compare with him; he is a creature that has no fear.

34 He looks down on even the proudest animals; he is king of all wild beasts.

Job 41:29-34 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.

Footnotes

• [a]. threshing sledges: [These had sharp pieces of iron or stone fastened beneath them.]