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Job 41:1 — King James Version← Study notes

Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?


Job 41:1Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 41:17 words
HebrewMeaning
הֵןhēn
there!particleH2005
if · lo · though
תֹּחַלְתּ֥/וֹtōḥalətwō
hope hisnounH8431
נִכְזָ֑בָהnikəzābāh
it is proved a lieverbH3576
(be found a · make a) liar · lie · lying ···
הֲ/גַ֖םhăgam
¿ alsoparticleH1571
alike · also · as · both ...and ···
אֶלʾel
because ofpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
מַרְאָ֣י/וmarəʾāyw
appearance itsnounH4758
apparently · as soon as beautiful · countenance · fair ···
יֻטָֽלyuṭāl
everyone is thrown downverbH2904
cast (down · forth · out) · send out
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Job 41:1

Wilt thou be able to draw out Leviathan with a hook? 17. For Leviathan means ‘their addition.’ Of whom, in truth, but of men? amongst whom he introduced once for all the guilt of sin, and carries it onward to eternal death by the most evil suggestions day by day. And while he multiplies their guilt by the usury of sin, he doubtless without ceasing adds to their punishment. He can also be called Leviathan by way of mocking. For he declared in his cunning persuasion that he…

Gregory the Great · 6th century · Morals on Job, Book 33 §16
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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