Job 41:1-10

1 "Canst thou draw out Leviathan with a hook? Or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?

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? Wilt thou take him as a servant for ever?

5 Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? Or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?

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

7 Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons, or his head with fish spears?

8 Lay thine hand upon him; remember the battle, and do so no more!

9 Behold, the hope against 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?

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.