Job 41:12-22

12 "I will not keep silence concerning his limbs, or his mighty strength, or his goodly frame.
13 Who can strip off his outer garment? Who would come near him with a bridle?
14 Who can open the doors of his face? Around his teeth is terror.
15 His back is made of[a] rows of shields, shut up closely as with a seal.
16 One is so near to another that no air can come between them.
17 They are 1joined one to another; they clasp each other and cannot be separated.
18 His sneezings flash forth light, and his eyes are like 2the eyelids of the dawn.
19 Out of his mouth go flaming torches; sparks of fire leap forth.
20 Out of his nostrils comes forth smoke, as from a boiling pot and burning rushes.
21 His breath 3kindles coals, and a flame comes forth from his mouth.
22 In his neck abides strength, and terror dances before him.

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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