Job 41:12-17

12 “I will not fail to speak of Leviathan’s limbs, its strength and its graceful form.

13 Who can strip off its outer coat? Who can penetrate its double coat of armor^[a] ?

14 Who dares open the doors of its mouth, ringed about with fearsome teeth?

15 Its back has^[b] rows of shields tightly sealed together;

16 each is so close to the next that no air can pass between.

17 They are joined fast to one another; they cling together and cannot be parted.

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Job 41:12-17 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.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 5

1. Job 40:18
2. S Job 39:11
3. S Job 30:11; S Job 39:10
4. Psalms 22:13
5. Job 40:17

Footnotes 2

[a]. Septuagint; Hebrew "double bridle"
[b]. Or "Its pride is its"

Job 41:12-17

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Job 41:12-17 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JOB 41

Cross References 5

Footnotes 2