Job 41:19-29

19 Fire seems to spray out of its mouth. Sparks of fire shoot out.

20 Smoke pours out of its nose. It is like smoke from a boiling pot over burning grass.

21 Its breath sets coals on fire. Flames fly out of its mouth.

22 Its neck is very strong. People run to get out of its way.

23 Its rolls of fat are close together. They are firm and can't be moved.

24 Its chest is as hard as rock. It is as hard as a lower millstone.

25 When the leviathan rises up, even mighty people are terrified. They run away when it moves around wildly.

26 A sword that strikes it has no effect. Neither does a spear or dart or javelin.

27 It treats iron as if it were straw. It crushes bronze as if it were rotten wood.

28 Arrows do not make it run away. Stones that are thrown from slings are like straw hitting it.

29 A club seems like a piece of straw to it. It laughs when it hears a javelin rattling.

Job 41:19-29 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.