Job 41:26
Other Translations of Job 41:26
New International Version
26 The sword that reaches it has no effect, nor does the spear or the dart or the javelin.
English Standard Version
26 Though the sword reaches him, it does not avail, nor the spear, the dart, or the javelin.
The Message
26 Javelins bounce harmlessly off his hide, harpoons ricochet wildly.
New King James Version
26 Though the sword reaches him, it cannot avail; Nor does spear, dart, or javelin.
New Living Translation
26 No sword can stop it, no spear, dart, or javelin.
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Matthew Henry's Commentary on Job 41:26
Chapter Contents
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.