Job 41:8-18

8 Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more .

9 Behold, the hope of him is in vain : shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?

10 None is so fierce that dare stir him up : who then is able to stand before me?

11 Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.

12 I will not conceal his parts, nor his power *, nor his comely proportion.

13 Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can come to him with his double bridle?

14 Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round about.

15 His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.

16 One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.

17 They are joined one to another, they stick together , that they cannot be sundered .

18 By his neesings a light doth shine , and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.

Job 41:8-18 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.

Footnotes

• [a]. scales: Heb. strong pieces of shields