Job 41:24-34

24 (41-15) His heart shall be as hard as a stone, and as firm as a smith’s anvil,
25 (41-16) When he shall raise him up, the angels shall fear, and being affrighted shall purify themselves.
26 (41-17) When a sword shall lay at him, it shall not be able to hold, nor a spear, nor a breastplate.
27 (41-18) For he shall esteem iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.
28 (41-19) The archer shall not put him to flight, the stones of the sling are to him like stubble.
29 (41-20) As stubble will he esteem the hammer, and he will laugh him to scorn who shaketh the spear.
30 (41-21) The beams of the sun shall be under him, and he shall strew gold under him like mire.
31 (41-22) He shall make the deep sea to boil like a pot, and shall make it as when ointments boil.
32 (41-23) A path shall shine after him, he shall esteem the deep as growing old.
33 (41-24) There is no power upon earth that can be compared with him who was made to fear no one,
34 (41-25) He beholdeth every high thing, he is king over all the children of pride.

Job 41:24-34 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.

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