📖 Job — Chapter 41 (KJV)
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Job 41:1 Canst thou draw out RTleviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord Twhich thou lettest down?
Job 41:2 Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?
Job 41:3 Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words unto thee?
Job 41:4 RWill he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever?
Job 41:5 Wilt thou Rplay with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?
Job 41:6 Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants?
Job 41:7 Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears?
Job 41:8 RLay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more.
Job 41:9 Behold, the hope of him is in vain: Rshall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?
Job 41:10 None is so fierce that Rdare stir him up: who then is able to stand before me?
Job 41:11 RWho hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.
Job 41:12 I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his Rcomely proportion.
Job 41:13 Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can come to him Twith his Rdouble bridle?
Job 41:14 Who can open Rthe doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round about.
Job 41:15 His Tscales are his Rpride, shut up together as with a close seal.
Job 41:16 One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.
Job 41:17 They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered.
Job 41:18 By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
Job 41:19 ROut of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out.
Job 41:20 ROut of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot or caldron.
Job 41:21 RHis breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.
Job 41:22 RIn his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow Tis turned into joy before him.
Job 41:23 The Tflakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved.
Job 41:24 His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, Ras hard as a piece of the nether millstone.
Job 41:25 When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings they purify themselves.
Job 41:26 RThe sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the Thabergeon.
Job 41:27 He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.
Job 41:28 The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him into stubble.
Job 41:29 RDarts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.
Job 41:30 TSharp stones are under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire.
Job 41:31 He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment.
Job 41:32 He maketh a path Rto shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary.
Job 41:33 RUpon earth there is not his like, who Tis made without fear.
Job 41:34 He beholdeth all high things: Rhe is a king over all the children of pride.
📚 Study This Chapter
📖 What We’re Reading
Job 41:1–11 — Leviathan cannot be domesticated
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
The Lord asks whether Job can catch leviathan or turn it into a servant or plaything. The creature's danger underscores human limits. God then points beyond that danger to his own authority and ownership of everything under heaven. Job owes the Creator no prior gift that places God in his debt.
Key Truth: Everything under heaven belongs to God.
Check What You Remember
1. What creature is named? (Job 41:1)
Find it in Job 41:1 (KJV).
2. What tool is mentioned for drawing it out? (Job 41:1)
Find it in Job 41:1 (KJV).
3. What belongs to God? (Job 41:11)
Find it in Job 41:11 (KJV).
📖 What We’re Reading
Job 41:12–24 — A formidable poetic portrait
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
The speech describes leviathan's teeth, tightly joined scales, and fierce appearance with vivid images of fire and smoke. Readers can recognize the force of the poetry without confidently identifying a modern animal. Job cannot reduce every part of God's creation to something he can master.
Key Truth: God's creation includes power that humbles human confidence.
Check What You Remember
1. What surround its opened face? (Job 41:14)
Find it in Job 41:14 (KJV).
2. What is called its pride? (Job 41:15)
Find it in Job 41:15 (KJV).
3. What is its heart compared to? (Job 41:24)
Find it in Job 41:24 (KJV).
📖 What We’re Reading
Job 41:25–34 — Beyond human weapons
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
Weapons fail against the creature in the continuing portrait. Its movement stirs the deep, and the chapter ends with its fearlessness and height above other creatures. This display does not teach cruelty or invite a dangerous encounter; it brings God's questions about human power to a striking close.
Key Truth: Human strength is limited before the Creator's works.
Check What You Remember
1. What does it esteem iron as? (Job 41:27)
Find it in Job 41:27 (KJV).
2. What does it make boil like a pot? (Job 41:31)
Find it in Job 41:31 (KJV).
3. What is it king over? (Job 41:34)
Find it in Job 41:34 (KJV).
Related Scripture (KJV)
Psalms 104:26 — Leviathan is also described as a creature God formed.
This related passage is selected for its connection with this chapter. It is separate from the chapter text.
Reflect and Apply
Where are you tempted to confuse your ability to manage some things with authority over everything?
Advanced Questions and Answers
Study this chapter’s wording, patterns, contrasts, and meaning in greater depth.
1. What do hook, covenant, and servant questions test?
2. How does the creature’s fierceness lead to a question about God?
3. What claim establishes ownership beyond any prior human gift?
4. How do scales and the weapon comparisons convey resistance?
5. What final description combines fearlessness with pride imagery?
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