26 The sword that reaches it has no effect, nor does the spear or the dart or the javelin.
26 Though the sword reaches him, it does not avail, nor the spear, the dart, or the javelin.
26 Javelins bounce harmlessly off his hide, harpoons ricochet wildly.
26 Though the sword reaches him, it cannot avail; Nor does spear, dart, or javelin.
26 No sword can stop it, no spear, dart, or javelin.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Job 41:26
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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.