Leviathan

Leviathan

• לִוְיָתָן·Leviathan

Includes 33 verses that refer to Leviathan without naming them, as “he”, “she”, or the subject of a verb.

1. Job 3:8
   May it be cursed by those who curse the day—those prepared to rouse Leviathan.
2. Job 41:1
   “Can you pull in Leviathan with a hook or tie down his tongue with a rope?
3. Job 41:2Referred to, not named
   Can you put a cord through his nose or pierce his jaw with a hook?
4. Job 41:3Referred to, not named
   Will he beg you for mercy or speak to you softly?
5. Job 41:4Referred to, not named
   Will he make a covenant with you to take him as a slave for life?
6. Job 41:5Referred to, not named
   Can you pet him like a bird or put him on a leash for your maidens?
7. Job 41:6Referred to, not named
   Will traders barter for him or divide him among the merchants?
8. Job 41:7Referred to, not named
   Can you fill his hide with harpoons or his head with fishing spears?
9. Job 41:8Referred to, not named
   If you lay a hand on him, you will remember the battle and never repeat it!
10. Job 41:9Referred to, not named
    Surely hope of overcoming him is false. Is not the sight of him overwhelming?
11. Job 41:10Referred to, not named
    No one is so fierce as to rouse Leviathan. Then who is able to stand against Me?
12. Job 41:12Referred to, not named
    I cannot keep silent about his limbs, his power and graceful form.
13. Job 41:13Referred to, not named
    Who can strip off his outer coat? Who can approach him with a bridle?
14. Job 41:14Referred to, not named
    Who can open his jaws, ringed by his fearsome teeth?
15. Job 41:18Referred to, not named
    His snorting flashes with light, and his eyes are like the rays of dawn.
16. Job 41:19Referred to, not named
    Firebrands stream from his mouth; fiery sparks shoot forth!
17. Job 41:20Referred to, not named
    Smoke billows from his nostrils as from a boiling pot over burning reeds.
18. Job 41:21Referred to, not named
    His breath sets coals ablaze, and flames pour from his mouth.
19. Job 41:22Referred to, not named
    Strength resides in his neck, and dismay leaps before him.
20. Job 41:23Referred to, not named
    The folds of his flesh are tightly joined; they are firm and immovable.
21. Job 41:24Referred to, not named
    His chest is as hard as a rock, as hard as a lower millstone!
22. Job 41:25Referred to, not named
    When Leviathan rises up, the mighty are terrified; they withdraw before his thrashing.
23. Job 41:26Referred to, not named
    The sword that reaches him has no effect, nor does the spear or dart or arrow.
24. Job 41:27Referred to, not named
    He regards iron as straw and bronze as rotten wood.
25. Job 41:28Referred to, not named
    No arrow can make him flee; slingstones become like chaff to him.
26. Job 41:29Referred to, not named
    A club is regarded as straw, and he laughs at the sound of the lance.
27. Job 41:30Referred to, not named
    His undersides are jagged potsherds, spreading out the mud like a threshing sledge.
28. Job 41:31Referred to, not named
    He makes the depths seethe like a cauldron; he makes the sea like a jar of ointment.
29. Job 41:32Referred to, not named
    He leaves a glistening wake behind him; one would think the deep had white hair!
30. Job 41:33Referred to, not named
    Nothing on earth is his equal—a creature devoid of fear!
31. Job 41:34Referred to, not named
    He looks down on all the haughty; he is king over all the proud.”
32. Psalm 74:14
    You crushed the heads of Leviathan; You fed him to the creatures of the desert.
33. Psalm 104:26
    There the ships pass, and Leviathan, which You formed to frolic there.
34. Psalm 104:27Referred to, not named
    All creatures look to You to give them their food in due season.
35. Psalm 104:28Referred to, not named
    When You give it to them, they gather it up; when You open Your hand, they are satisfied with good things.
36. Psalm 104:29Referred to, not named
    When You hide Your face, they are terrified; when You take away their breath, they die and return to dust.
37. Psalm 104:30Referred to, not named
    When You send Your Spirit, they are created, and You renew the face of the earth.
38. Isaiah 27:1
    In 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.