Job 41:1
“Do you draw leviathan with a hook? And do you let down his tongue with a rope?
Literal Standard Version
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
2Do you put a reed in his nose? And pierce his jaw with a thorn?
Cross References
Genesis 9:10and with every living creature which [is] with you, among bird, among livestock, and among every beast of the earth with you, from all who are going out of the Ark—to every beast of the earth.
Job 40:24Does [one] take him by his eyes? || Does [one] pierce the nose with snares?”
Psalms 104:26There ships go—[and] leviathan, || That You have formed to play in it.
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 →