5 Bible Verses about Leviathan

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There the ships move along,
And Leviathan, which You have formed to sport in it.

“Can you draw out Leviathan with a fishhook?
Or press down his tongue with a cord?
“Can you put a rope in his nose
Or pierce his jaw with a hook?
“Will he make many supplications to you,
Or will he speak to you soft words?
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“Will he make a covenant with you?
Will you take him for a servant forever?
“Will you play with him as with a bird,
Or will you bind him for your maidens?
“Will the traders bargain over him?
Will they divide him among the merchants?
“Can you fill his skin with harpoons,
Or his head with fishing spears?
“Lay your hand on him;
Remember the battle; you will not do it again!
“Behold, your expectation is false;
Will you be laid low even at the sight of him?
“No one is so fierce that he dares to arouse him;
Who then is he that can stand before Me?
“Who has given to Me that I should repay him?
Whatever is under the whole heaven is Mine.
“I will not keep silence concerning his limbs,
Or his mighty strength, or his orderly frame.
“Who can strip off his outer armor?
Who can come within his double mail?
“Who can open the doors of his face?
Around his teeth there is terror.
“His strong scales are his pride,
Shut up as with a tight seal.
“One is so near to another
That no air can come between them.
“They are joined one to another;
They clasp each other and cannot be separated.
“His sneezes flash forth light,
And his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
“Out of his mouth go burning torches;
Sparks of fire leap forth.
“Out of his nostrils smoke goes forth
As from a boiling pot and burning rushes.
“His breath kindles coals,
And a flame goes forth from his mouth.
“In his neck lodges strength,
And dismay leaps before him.
“The folds of his flesh are joined together,
Firm on him and immovable.
“His heart is as hard as a stone,
Even as hard as a lower millstone.
“When he raises himself up, the mighty fear;
Because of the crashing they are bewildered.
“The sword that reaches him cannot avail,
Nor the spear, the dart or the javelin.
“He regards iron as straw,
Bronze as rotten wood.
“The arrow cannot make him flee;
Slingstones are turned into stubble for him.
“Clubs are regarded as stubble;
He laughs at the rattling of the javelin.
“His underparts are like sharp potsherds;
He spreads out like a threshing sledge on the mire.
“He makes the depths boil like a pot;
He makes the sea like a jar of ointment.
“Behind him he makes a wake to shine;
One would think the deep to be gray-haired.
“Nothing on earth is like him,
One made without fear.
“He looks on everything that is high;
He is king over all the sons of pride.”

You crushed the heads of Leviathan;
You gave him as food for the creatures of the wilderness.

In that day the Lord will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent,
With His fierce and great and mighty sword,
Even Leviathan the twisted serpent;
And He will kill the dragon who lives in the sea.

“Let those curse it who curse the day,
Who are prepared to rouse Leviathan.

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Fishes » Mentioned in scripture » Leviathan

Job 41:1

Can you draw out Leviathan with a fishhook?
Or press down his tongue with a cord?

Psalm 74:14

You crushed the heads of Leviathan;
You gave him as food for the creatures of the wilderness.

Leviathan » The lord destroying the leviathan

Isaiah 27:1

In that day the Lord will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent,
With His fierce and great and mighty sword,
Even Leviathan the twisted serpent;
And He will kill the dragon who lives in the sea.

Psalm 74:12-14

Yet God is my king from of old, Who works deeds of deliverance in the midst of the earth. You divided the sea by Your strength; You broke the heads of the sea monsters in the waters. You crushed the heads of Leviathan; You gave him as food for the creatures of the wilderness.

Leviathan » Possibly a crocodile

Psalm 104:26

There the ships move along,
And Leviathan, which You have formed to sport in it.

Leviathan » Created by God

Psalm 104:26

There the ships move along,
And Leviathan, which You have formed to sport in it.

Leviathan » Illustrative of » Powerful and cruel kings

Isaiah 27:1

In that day the Lord will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent,
With His fierce and great and mighty sword,
Even Leviathan the twisted serpent;
And He will kill the dragon who lives in the sea.

Leviathan » God's power, exhibited in destroying

Psalm 74:14

You crushed the heads of Leviathan;
You gave him as food for the creatures of the wilderness.

Leviathan » Illustrative of » Power and severity of God

Job 41:10

“No one is so fierce that he dares to arouse him;
Who then is he that can stand before Me?

Leviathan » The crooked (rv) serpent.

Isaiah 27:1

In that day the Lord will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent,
With His fierce and great and mighty sword,
Even Leviathan the twisted serpent;
And He will kill the dragon who lives in the sea.

Leviathan » Figurative

Psalm 74:14

You crushed the heads of Leviathan;
You gave him as food for the creatures of the wilderness.

Leviathan » Nature and habits of

Titles and names of the devil » Leviathan

Isaiah 27:1

In that day the Lord will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent,
With His fierce and great and mighty sword,
Even Leviathan the twisted serpent;
And He will kill the dragon who lives in the sea.

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