Job 41:14-24

14 No one can force open its great jaws; they are filled with frightening teeth.

15 It has rows of shields on its back that are tightly sealed together.

16 Each shield is so close to the next one that no air can go between them.

17 They are joined strongly to one another; they hold on to each other and cannot be separated.

18 When it snorts, flashes of light are thrown out, and its eyes look like the light at dawn.

19 Flames blaze from its mouth; sparks of fire shoot out.

20 Smoke pours out of its nose, as if coming from a large pot over a hot fire.

21 Its breath sets coals on fire, and flames come out of its mouth.

22 There is great strength in its neck. People are afraid and run away.

23 The folds of its skin are tightly joined; they are set and cannot be moved.

24 Its chest is as hard as a rock, even as hard as a grinding stone.

Job 41:14-24 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.