Job 41:12-22

12 "I have more to say about his limbs, his strong talk, and his matchless strength.
13 Who can strip off his [scaly] garment? Who can enter his jaws?
14 Who can pry open the doors of his face, so close to his terrible teeth?
15 "His pride is his rows of scales, tightly sealed together -
16 one is so close to the next that no air can come between them;
17 they are stuck one to another, interlocked and impervious.
18 "When he sneezes, light flashes out; his eyes are like the shimmer of dawn.
19 From his mouth go fiery torches, and sparks come flying out.
20 His nostrils belch steam like a caldron boiling on the fire.
21 His breath sets coals ablaze; flames pour from his mouth.
22 "Strength resides in his neck, and dismay dances ahead of him [as he goes].

Job 41:12-22 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.

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