Job 41:22-32

22 Strength resides in his neck, and dismay dances before him.
23 The folds of his flesh are joined together, solid as metal[a] and immovable.
24 His heart is as hard as a rock, as hard as a lower millstone!
25 When Leviathan rises, the mighty[b] are terrified; they withdraw because of [his] thrashing.
26 The sword that reaches him will have no effect, nor will a spear, dart, or arrow.[c]
27 He regards iron as straw, and bronze as rotten wood.
28 No arrow can make him flee; slingstones become like stubble to him.
29 A club is regarded as stubble, and he laughs at the whirring of a javelin.[d]
30 His undersides are jagged potsherds, spreading the mud like a threshing sledge.[e]
31 He makes the depths seethe like a caldron; he makes the sea like an ointment jar.
32 He leaves a shining wake behind him;[f] one would think the deep had white hair!

Job 41:22-32 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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