Job 41:16-26

16 They are close {to one another}-- even [the] air cannot come between them.
17 They are joined {one to another}; they cling together and cannot be separated.
18 "Its snorting flashes forth light, and its eyes [are] {red like dawn}.
19 Torches go from its mouth; sparks of fire shoot out.
20 Smoke comes from its nostrils as [from] a kettle boiling and [burning] bulrushes.
21 Its breath kindles charcoal, and a flame comes from its mouth.
22 "Strength abides in its neck, and dismay dances {before it}.
23 Its flesh's folds of skin cling together; it is cast on it--it will not be moved.
24 Its heart is cast as stone; yes, it is cast as [the] lower millstone.
25 {When it raises itself}, [the] mighty ones are terrified; they retreat because of its thrashing.
26 Reaching it [with the] sword does not avail, [nor] [with the] spear, [the] dart, or [the] javelin.

Job 41:16-26 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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