Job 41:1-6

1 Can you catch Leviathan with a fishhook ¹ or tie his tongue down with a rope?

2 Can you put a rope through his snout or put a hook through his jaws?

3 Will he beg you to let him go? Will he plead with you for mercy?

4 Will he make an agreement with you and promise to serve you forever?

5 Will you tie him like a pet bird, like something to amuse your servant women?

6 Will fishermen bargain over him? Will merchants cut him up to sell?

Job 41:1-6 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.

Cross References

• 1. 41.1Psalms 74.14; 104.26;Isaiah 27.1.

Footnotes

• [a]. leviathan: [See 3.8.]