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Job 41:1 KJV
Job · chapter 41 · verse 1
Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?Job 41:1 · King James Version
Job 41:1 in context
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?
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- leviathanlivyâthâna wreathed animalH3882 →
- tonguelâshôwnthe tongue , used literally , and figurativelyH3956 →
- hookchakkâha hookH2443 →
- cordchebela rope , especially a measuring lineH2256 →
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Whether this leviathan be a whale or a crocodile is a great dispute among the learned, which I will not undertake to determine; some of the particulars agree more easily to the one, others to the other; both are very strong and fierce, and the power of the Creator appears in them.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-10