Job 41:1-8

1 "Can you draw out Levi'athan with a fishhook, or press down his tongue with a cord?

2 Can you put a rope in his nose, or pierce his jaw with a hook?

3 Will he make many supplications to you? Will he speak to you soft words?

4 Will he make a covenant with you to take him for your servant for ever?

5 Will you play with him as with a bird, or will you put him on leash for your maidens?

6 Will traders bargain over him? Will they divide him up among the merchants?

7 Can you fill his skin with harpoons, or his head with fishing spears?

8 Lay hands on him; think of the battle; you will not do it again!

Job 41:1-8 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.