Job 41:1-7

1 non quasi crudelis suscitabo eum quis enim resistere potest vultui meo
2 quis ante dedit mihi ut reddam ei omnia quae sub caelo sunt mea sunt
3 non parcam ei et verbis potentibus et ad deprecandum conpositis
4 quis revelavit faciem indumenti eius et in medium oris eius quis intrabit
5 portas vultus eius quis aperiet per gyrum dentium eius formido
6 corpus illius quasi scuta fusilia et conpactum squamis se prementibus
7 una uni coniungitur et ne spiraculum quidem incedit per eas

Job 41:1-7 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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