Bible Question:
can anyone explain me this capter. 1Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down? 2Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn? 3Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words unto thee? 4Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever? 5Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens? 6Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants? 7Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears? 8Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more. 9Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him? 10None is so fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before me? 11Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine. 12I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion. 13Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can come to him with his double bridle? 14Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round about. 15His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal. 16One is so near to another, that no air can come between them. 17They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered. 18By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning. 19Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out. 20Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot or caldron. 21His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth. 22In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy before him. 23The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved. 24His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone. 25When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings they purify themselves. 26The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon. 27He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood. 28The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him into stubble. 29Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear. 30Sharp stones are under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire. 31He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment. 32He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary. 33Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear. 34He beholdeth all high things: he is a king over all the children of pride. |
Bible Answer: Hello csk_trk, Here is more information about your question: "...the crocodile be established as the "leviathan", and the behemoth as the river horse, the transition from the one to the other would appear very easy; since, as Pliny says, there is a sort of a kindred between them, being of the same river, the river Nile, and so may be thought to be better known to Job than the whale; though it is not to be concealed what Pliny says, that whales have been seen in the Arabian seas; he speaks of one that came into the river of Arabia, six hundred feet long, and three hundred and sixty broad. There are some things in the description of this creature that seem to agree best with the crocodile, and others that suit better with the whale, and some with neither..." (John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible) Looking at the Scriptures in another version. (Contemporary English Version) Job 41:1 Can you catch a sea monster by using a fishhook? Can you tie its mouth shut with a rope? Job 41:2 Can it be led around by a ring in its nose or a hook in its jaw? Job 41:3 Will it beg for mercy? Job 41:4 Will it surrender as a slave for life? Job 41:5 Can it be tied by the leg like a pet bird for little girls? Job 41:6 Is it ever chopped up and its pieces bargained for in the fish-market? Job 41:7 Can it be killed with harpoons or spears? Job 41:8 Wrestle it just once-- that will be the end. Job 41:9 Merely a glimpse of this monster makes all courage melt. Job 41:10 And if it is too fierce for anyone to attack, who would dare oppose me? Job 41:11 I am in command of the world and in debt to no one. Job 41:12 What powerful legs, what a stout body this monster possesses! Job 41:13 Who could strip off its armor or bring it under control with a harness? Job 41:14 Who would try to open its jaws, full of fearsome teeth? Job 41:15 Its back is covered with shield after shield, Job 41:16 firmly bound and closer together Job 41:17 than breath to breath. Job 41:18 When this monster sneezes, lightning flashes, and its eyes glow like the dawn. Job 41:19 Sparks and fiery flames explode from its mouth. Job 41:20 And smoke spews from its nose like steam from a boiling pot, Job 41:21 while its blazing breath scorches everything in sight. Job 41:22 Its neck is so tremendous that everyone trembles, Job 41:23 the weakest parts of its body are harder than iron, Job 41:24 and its heart is stone. Job 41:25 When this noisy monster appears, even the most powerful turn and run in fear. Job 41:26 No sword or spear can harm it, Job 41:27 and weapons of bronze or iron are as useless as straw or rotten wood. Job 41:28 Rocks thrown from a sling cause it no more harm than husks of grain. This monster fears no arrows, Job 41:29 it simply smiles at spears, and striking it with a stick is like slapping it with straw. Job 41:30 As it crawls through the mud, its sharp and spiny hide tears the ground apart. Job 41:31 And when it swims down deep, the sea starts churning like boiling oil, Job 41:32 and it leaves behind a trail of shining white foam. Job 41:33 No other creature on earth is so fearless. Job 41:34 It is king of all proud creatures, and it looks upon the others as nothing. "...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, and, since he cannot do this, he must own himself utterly unable to stand before the great God..." (Matthew Henry’s Commentary on the Whole Bible) by Grace, eklektos |