Job 41:1-6

1 ^[a] Can you pull in Leviathan with a hook^[b] or tie his tongue down with a rope?

2 Can you put a cord^[c] through his nose or pierce his jaw with a hook?^[d]

3 Will he beg you for mercy or speak softly to you?

4 Will he make a covenant with you so that you can take him as a slave forever?^[e]

5 Can you play with him like a bird or put him on a leash^[f] for your girls?

6 Will traders bargain for him or divide him among the merchants?

Job 41:1-6 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]. Jb 40:25 in Hb
• [b]. Isa 19:8; Hab 1:15
• [c]. Lit reed
• [d]. Jb 40:24; Ps 74:13
• [e]. Dt 15:16-17
• [f]. Lit or bind him