Job 41:1
I will not stir him up, like one that is cruel : for who can resist my countenance?
Douay-Rheims 1899
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
2Who hath given me before that I should repay him? All things that are under heaven are mine.
Cross References
Genesis 9:10And with every living soul that is with you, as well in all birds as in cattle and beasts of the earth, that are come forth out of the ark, and in all the beasts of the earth.
Job 40:24Shalt thou play with him as with a bird, or tie him up for thy handmaids?
Psalms 104:26There the ships shall go. This sea dragon which thou hast formed to play therein.
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 →