What Does the Bible Say About Leviathan?

1. #1Job 41:1-34

   Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down? Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn? Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words unto thee? Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever? Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens? Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants? …

   BSB“Can you pull in Leviathan with a hook or tie down his tongue with a rope? Can you put a cord through his nose or pierce his jaw with a hook? Will he beg you for mercy or speak to you softly? Will he make a covenant with you to take him as a slave for life? Can you pet him like a bird or put him on a leash for your maidens? Will traders barter for him or divide him among the merchants? …

2. #2Isaiah 27:1

   In that day the Lord with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.

   BSBIn that day the LORD will take His sharp, great, and mighty sword, and bring judgment on Leviathan the fleeing serpent—Leviathan the coiling serpent—and He will slay the dragon of the sea.

3. #3Psalms 74:14

   Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.

   BSBYou crushed the heads of Leviathan; You fed him to the creatures of the desert.

4. #4Job 41:1

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

   BSB“Can you pull in Leviathan with a hook or tie down his tongue with a rope?

5. #5Psalms 104:26

   There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein.

   BSBThere the ships pass, and Leviathan, which You formed to frolic there.

6. #6Job 3:8

   Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning.

   BSBMay it be cursed by those who curse the day— those prepared to rouse Leviathan.

7. #7Job 41:10

   None is so fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before me?

   BSBNo one is so fierce as to rouse Leviathan. Then who is able to stand against Me?

8. #8Job 40:15-24

   Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox. Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly. He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together. His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron. He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him. Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play. …

   BSBLook at Behemoth, which I made along with you. He feeds on grass like an ox. See the strength of his loins and the power in the muscles of his belly. His tail sways like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are tightly knit. His bones are tubes of bronze; his limbs are rods of iron. He is the foremost of God’s works; only his Maker can draw the sword against him. The hills yield him their produce, while all the beasts of the field play nearby. …

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