Job 41:1

41¹ Canst thou draw out leviathan [1] with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?

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Other Translations of Job 41:1

New International Version

41¹ "Can you pull in Leviathan with a fishhook or tie down its tongue with a rope?

English Standard Version

41¹ Ch 40:25 in Hebrew"Can you draw out LeviathanA large sea animal, exact identity unknown with a fishhook or press down his tongue with a cord?

The Message

41¹ Or can you pull in the sea beast, Leviathan, with a fly rod and stuff him in your creel?

New King James Version

41¹ "Can you draw out Leviathan with a hook, Or snare his tongue with a line which you lower?

New Living Translation

41¹ "Can you catch Leviathan with a hook or put a noose around its jaw?

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Job 41:1

Chapter Contents

Concerning Leviathan.

The description of the Leviathan, is yet further to convince Job of his own weakness, and of God's almighty power. Whether this Leviathan be a whale or a crocodile, is disputed. The Lord, having showed Job how unable he was to deal with the Leviathan, sets forth his own power in that mighty creature. If such language describes the terrible force of Leviathan, what words can express the power of God's wrath? Under a humbling sense of our own vileness, let us revere the Divine Majesty; take and fill our allotted place, cease from our own wisdom, and give all glory to our gracious God and Saviour. Remembering from whom every good gift cometh, and for what end it was given, let us walk humbly with the Lord.