Job 41:17-27

17 They are joined strongly to one another; they hold on to each other and cannot be separated.
18 When it snorts, flashes of light are thrown out, and its eyes look like the light at dawn.
19 Flames blaze from its mouth; sparks of fire shoot out.
20 Smoke pours out of its nose, as if coming from a large pot over a hot fire.
21 Its breath sets coals on fire, and flames come out of its mouth.
22 There is great strength in its neck. People are afraid and run away.
23 The folds of its skin are tightly joined; they are set and cannot be moved.
24 Its chest is as hard as a rock, even as hard as a grinding stone.
25 The powerful fear its terrible looks and draw back in fear as it moves.
26 The sword that hits it does not hurt it, nor the arrows, darts, and spears.
27 It treats iron as if it were straw and bronze metal as if it were rotten wood.

Job 41:17-27 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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