22 "In his neck lodges strength , And dismay leaps before him. 23 "The folds of his flesh are joined together , Firm on him and immovable e . 24 "His heart is as hard as a stone , Even as hard as a lower millstone . 25 "When he raises himself up, the mighty fear ; Because of the crashing they are bewildered . 26 "The sword that reaches him cannot avail , Nor the spear , the dart or the javelin . 27 "He regards iron as straw , Bronze as rotten wood . 28 "The arrow cannot make him flee ; Slingstones e are turned into stubble for him. 29 "Clubs are regarded as stubble ; He laughs at the rattling of the javelin . 30 "His underparts are like sharp potsherds ; He spreads out like a threshing sledge on the mire . 31 "He makes the depths boil like a pot ; He makes the sea like a jar of ointment . 32 "Behind him he makes a wake to shine ; One would think the deep to be gray-haired . 33 " Nothing on earth is like him, One made without fear . 34 "He looks on everything that is high ; He is king over all the sons of pride ."
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Job 41:22-40
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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.