Job 41:1
\41:10\He is so cruel that no one is ready to go against him. Who then is able to keep his place before me?
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?
In Context
2\41:11\Who ever went against me, and got the better of me? There is no one under heaven!
Cross References
Genesis 9:10And with every living thing with you, all birds and cattle and every beast of the earth which comes out of the ark with you.
Job 40:24\41:5\Will you make sport with him, as with a bird? or put him in chains for your young women?
Psalms 104:26There go the ships; there is that great beast, which you have made as a plaything.
Matthew Henry on Job 41:1
The description here given of the leviathan, a very large, strong, formidable fish, or water-animal, is designed yet further to convince Job of his own impotency, and of God's omnipotence, that he might be humbled for his folly in making so bold with him as he had done. I. To convince Job of his own weakness he is here challenged to subdue and tame this leviathan if he can, and make himself master of him ( ver. 1-9 ), and, since he cannot do this, he must own himself utterly unable to stand before the great God,… Read the whole commentary →