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 41:1 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Job 41:17 words
ℹWords 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…
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