Job 41:1
None is so fearce that dare stirre him vp. Who is he then that can stand before me?
Geneva Bible 1599
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 preuented mee that I shoulde make an ende? Al vnder heauen is mine.
Cross References
Genesis 9:10And with euery liuing creature that is with you, with the foule, with the cattell, and with euery beast of the earth with you, from all that goe out of the Arke, vnto euery beast of the earth.
Job 40:24Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bynd him for thy maydes?
Psalms 104:26There goe the shippes, yea, that Liuiathan, whom thou hast made 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 →