Job 41:1
(40-25) Canst thou draw out leviathan with a fish-hook? or press down his tongue with a cord?
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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(40-26) Canst thou put a ring into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a hook?
Cross References
Genesis 9:10and with every living creature that is with you, the fowl, the cattle, and every beast of the earth with you; of all that go out of the ark, even every beast of the earth.
Job 40:24Shall any take him by his eyes, or pierce through his nose with a snare?
Psalms 104:26There go the ships; there is leviathan, whom Thou hast formed to sport 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 →