Job 41:29-34

29 Clubs are counted as stubble; he laughs at the rattle of javelins.

30 His underparts are like sharp ¹potsherds; he spreads himself like ²a threshing sledge on the mire.

31 He makes the deep boil like a pot; he makes the sea like a pot of ointment.

32 Behind him he leaves a shining wake; one would think the deep to be white-haired.

33 ³On earth there is not his like, a creature without fear.

34 He sees everything that is high; he is king over all the ⁴sons of pride."

Job 41:29-34 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.

Cross References

• 1. Job 2:8
• 2. Isaiah 28:27; Isaiah 41:15
• 3. Job 19:25
• 4. Job 28:8