Job 41:1

Canst thou... ? Note the Figure of speech Erotesis (App-6) throughout this chapter.

leviathan : probably the crocodile.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Canst thou draw out - As a fish is drawn out of the water. The usual method by which fish were taken was with a hook; and the meaning here is, th...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Canst thou draw out (l) leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord [which] thou lettest down? (l) Meaning the whale.
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Job 41. Leviathan. The author regards the crocodile as impossible of capture. In Job 41:1 b perhaps the meaning is that when caught the crocodile...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Job 40:15 to Job 41:34 . Behemoth and Leviathan. Most scholars regard this passage as a later addition to the poem. The point of Job 40:8-14 i...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down? Canst thou draw out leviathan - We come now to a sub...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

God's great power in the Leviathan. Before Christ 1645. Job 41:1 . Canst thou draw out Leviathan — לויתן leviathan, is derived from ל...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down? Leviathan - Latin, the twisted animal, gatheri...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Second Speech of the Almighty (concluded) The second great creature, the Crocodile (with which the 'leviathan' is generally identified) is now...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

XLI. (1) Leviathan. — There can be little doubt that by this is meant the crocodile or alligator, whatever may be the true meaning of behemoth....
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

XXVIII. THE RECONCILIATION Job 38:1 - Job 42:6 THE main argument of the address ascribed to the Almighty is contained in Chapter s 38 and 39...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Parable of the Crocodile Job 41:1-34 The last paragraph described the hippopotamus; the whole of this chapter is devoted to the crocodile....
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Leviathan is almost certainly the crocodile, and there is the playfulness of a great tenderness in the suggestions Jehovah makes to Job about these f...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

CONTENTS The Lord is still the speaker, through the whole of this chapter. Having before given an instance of the sovereignty of his power, in the c...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(1) В¶ Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down? (2) Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bo...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook ?.... That is, draw it out of the sea or river as anglers draw out smaller fishes with a line or hook? th...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord [which] thou lettest down? Ver. 1. Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hoo...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Canst thou draw out leviathan with a hook? It is a great question among learned men, what creature is meant by לויתן, leviathan. Our translators...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

LEVIATHAN (vv.1-34) Leviathan was a water creature, and appears to be the crocodile, the most fearsome of all aquatic beasts, unless it was anot...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Description of Leviathan. B. C. 1520. ...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

JOB CHAPTER 41 God's kingly power and authority above all the children of pride seen in the leviathan. Canst thou take him with a hook and a line,...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Notes Job 41:1 . “ Canst thou draw out Leviathan with a hook .” The term “Leviathan” (לִוְיָתָן) rendered here by the SEPTUAGINT, SYRIAC, and ARA...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 41:1 . Canst thou draw out leviathan? This word is rendered by the LXX, “dragon.” It occurs in Isaiah 27:1 , and is rendered whale, dragon,...
The Biblical Illustrator

Canst thou draw out Leviathan? Behemoth and leviathan The description of the “behemoth” in the preceding chapter and the “leviathan” here sugge...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Job 41:1-18 The crowning description of a natural marvel—the "leviathan," or crocodile—is now given, and with an elaboration to...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Canst thou draw out leviathan, the great and fierce crocodile of Egypt and other Mediterranean countries, with an hook, or purse-net, or his tongu...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Job's Weakness when Compared with the Strength of the Crocodile
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 27:1 ; Job 3:8 ; Psalms 104:26 ; Psalms 74:14
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Leviathan — Several particulars in the following description, agree far better with the crocodile, than the whale. It is highly probable, that this...

¹ Canst thou draw out leviathana with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?

Related Commentaries of Job 41:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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