The whole chapter is leviathan, and every question is about who is master. 'Canst thou draw out leviathan with a fishhook, or press down his tongue with a cord?' Will he make many supplications to thee, or speak soft words? Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? Lay thy hand upon him, remember the battle, and do so no more. If none dare stir him up, 'who then is he that can stand before me? Who hath first given unto me, that I should repay him?' (41:10-11), a line Paul takes up in Romans 11:35. Then the portrait: burning torches out of his mouth, breath that kindles coals. 'He is king over all the sons of pride.'

Drawn from Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory, Matthew Henry, Complete Commentary and John Wesley, Notes on the Old Testament.

Context

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A. 1–11 Jehovah: Canst Thou Draw Out Leviathan With a Fishhook?
B. 12–24 Jehovah: His Scales Are Shut Up Close as With a Seal
C. 25–34 Jehovah: Upon Earth There Is Not His Like — King Over the Sons of Pride

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Genesis 13 verses
- Genesis 1:15And let them serve as lights in the expanse of the sky to shine upon the earth.” And it was so.
- Genesis 1:25God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and everything that crawls upon the earth according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
- Genesis 1:28God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth.”
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Job 403 verses
- Job 40:9Do you have an arm like God’s? Can you thunder with a voice like His?
- Job 40:16See the strength of his loins and the power in the muscles of his belly.
- Job 40:19He is the foremost of God’s works; only his Maker can draw the sword against him.
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Psalms 182 verses
- Psalms 18:8Smoke rose from His nostrils, and consuming fire came from His mouth; glowing coals blazed forth.
- Psalms 18:12From the brightness of His presence His clouds advanced— hailstones and coals of fire.
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Ezekiel 292 verses
- Ezekiel 29:3Speak to him and tell him that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Pharaoh king of Egypt, O great monster who lies among his rivers, who says, ‘The Nile is mine; I made it myself.’
- Ezekiel 29:4But I will put hooks in your jaws and cause the fish of your streams to cling to your scales. I will haul you up out of your rivers, and all the fish of your streams will cling to your scales.
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Isaiah 302 verses
- Isaiah 30:10They say to the seers, “Stop seeing visions!” and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us the truth! Speak to us pleasant words; prophesy illusions.
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Job 382 verses
- Job 38:10when I fixed its boundaries and set in place its bars and doors,
- Job 38:30when the waters become hard as stone and the surface of the deep is frozen?
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Revelation 52 verses
- Revelation 5:2And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming in a loud voice, “Who is worthy to break the seals and open the scroll?”
- Revelation 5:5Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep! Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed to open the scroll and its seven seals.”
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Job 392 verses
- Job 39:7He scorns the tumult of the city and never hears the shouts of a driver.
- Job 39:21He paws in the valley and rejoices in his strength; he charges into battle.
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