Job 41:1-10

1 Canst thou draw out leviathan with a hook or with the cord which thou lettest down on his tongue?

2 Canst thou put a hook into his nose or bore his jaw through with a thorn?

3 Will he make many supplications unto thee? Will he speak soft words unto thee?

4 Will he make a covenant with thee that thou shall take him for a slave for ever?

5 Wilt thou play with him as with a bird, or wilt thou tie him up for thy maidens?

6 Shall the companions make a banquet of him? Shall they part him among the merchants?

7 Canst thou cut his skin with knives or his head with a fish spear?

8 Lay thine hand upon him; thou shalt remember the battle and do no more.

9 Behold, your hope regarding him shall fail; for even at the sight of him they shall faint.

10 No one is so bold as to dare stir him up; who then shall be able to stand before me?

Job 41:1-10 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.