Job 41:17-27

17 They are joined one to another, they stick together , that they cannot be sundered .

18 By his neesings a light doth shine , and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.

19 Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out .

20 Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot or caldron.

21 His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.

22 In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy before him.

23 The flakes of his flesh are joined together : they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved .

24 His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone.

25 When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid : by reason of breakings they purify themselves.

26 The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold : the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon.

27 He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.

Job 41:17-27 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]. is turned into joy: Heb. rejoiceth
• [b]. flakes: Heb. fallings
• [c]. habergeon: or, breastplate