Job 41

1 non quasi crudelis suscitabo eum quis enim resistere potest vultui meo

2 quis ante dedit mihi ut reddam ei omnia quae sub caelo sunt mea sunt

3 non parcam ei et verbis potentibus et ad deprecandum conpositis

4 quis revelavit faciem indumenti eius et in medium oris eius quis intrabit

5 portas vultus eius quis aperiet per gyrum dentium eius formido

6 corpus illius quasi scuta fusilia et conpactum squamis se prementibus

7 una uni coniungitur et ne spiraculum quidem incedit per eas

8 una alteri adherebunt et tenentes se nequaquam separabuntur

9 sternutatio eius splendor ignis et oculi eius ut palpebrae diluculi

10 de ore eius lampades procedunt sicut taedae ignis accensae

11 de naribus eius procedit fumus sicut ollae succensae atque ferventis

12 halitus eius prunas ardere facit et flamma de ore eius egreditur

13 in collo eius morabitur fortitudo et faciem eius praecedet egestas

14 membra carnium eius coherentia sibi mittet contra eum fulmina et ad locum alium non ferentur

15 cor eius indurabitur quasi lapis et stringetur quasi malleatoris incus

16 cum sublatus fuerit timebunt angeli et territi purgabuntur

17 cum adprehenderit eum gladius subsistere non poterit neque hasta neque torax

18 reputabit enim quasi paleas ferrum et quasi lignum putridum aes

19 non fugabit eum vir sagittarius in stipulam versi sunt ei lapides fundae

20 quasi stipulam aestimabit malleum et deridebit vibrantem hastam

21 sub ipso erunt radii solis sternet sibi aurum quasi lutum

22 fervescere faciet quasi ollam profundum mare ponet quasi cum unguenta bulliunt

23 post eum lucebit semita aestimabit abyssum quasi senescentem

24 non est super terram potestas quae conparetur ei qui factus est ut nullum timeret

25 omne sublime videt ipse est rex super universos filios superbiae

Job 41 Commentary

Chapter 41

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.

Chapter Summary

INTRODUCTION TO JOB 41

A large description is here given of the leviathan, from the difficulty and danger of taking it, from whence it is inferred that none can stand before God, Job 41:1-10; from the several parts of him, his face, teeth, scales, eyes, mouth and neck, flesh and heart, Job 41:11-24; and from various wonderful terrible things said of him, and ascribed to him, Job 41:25-34.