Job 41:4
Who can reveal the beauty of his garment? And who can enter the middle of his mouth?
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever?
In Context
3I will not spare him, nor his powerful words and counterfeit attempts at supplication.
5Who can open the doors of his face? I gave fear to the circle of his teeth.
Cross References
Genesis 1:28And God blessed them, and he said, “Increase and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and the flying creatures of the air, and over every living thing that moves upon the earth.”
Deuteronomy 15:17then you shall take an awl and pierce his ear, at the door of your house. And he shall serve you even forever. You shall also act similarly toward your woman servant.
Psalms 8:5What is man, that you are mindful of him, or the son of man, that you visit him?
Matthew Henry on Job 41:2-11
Description of Leviathan. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Canst thou draw out leviathan with a hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down? 2 Canst thou put a hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn? 3 Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words unto thee? 4 Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever? 5 Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens? 6 Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part… Read the whole commentary →