God concludes 'He beholdeth all high things: he is king over all the children of pride.' This final verse characterizes Leviathan as beholding all high things and as king over all proud creatures. The creature surveys the world from a position of superiority and reigns over all proud beings. The identification of Leviathan as king over the proud raises implicit questions: if Leviathan is king of the proud, and if the proud are often wicked, is Leviathan's reign good? The verse ends the description of Leviathan without explicitly addressing the moral character of the creature or its reign. God has presented Leviathan as supremely powerful, fearless, and dominant, yet without clearly establishing whether the creature's power serves justice or merely dominance. The description of Leviathan concludes God's first speech without Job having spoken again.

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