Job 41:14-17

14 "Who can open the doors of his face? Around his teeth there is terror.

15 "His strong scales are his pride, Shut up as with a tight seal.

16 "One is so near to another That no air can come between them.

17 "They are joined one to another; They clasp each other and cannot be separated.

Job 41:14-17 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]. Lit "rows of shields"