Passage Research
Job 41 — Sermon Preparation
God describes Leviathan in fearsome detail, asking who can stand before it — this is the creature before whom even the mighty tremble. Below is a research summary for Job 41, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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Job 41 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| יָצַק | yâtsaq | H3332 | 3 | pour out, melt |
| חָשַׁב | châshab | H2803 | 3 | plait, interpenetrate |
| קַשׁ | qash | H7179 | 2 | straw, dry |
| דָּבַק | dâbaq | H1692 | 2 | impinge, cling |
| אוֹר | ʼôwr | H215 | 2 | illumination, luminary |
| אֶבֶן | ʼeben | H68 | 2 | stone |
| פֶּה | peh | H6310 | 2 | mouth, blowing |
How preachers through history handled this text
2 public-domain excerpts on Job 41, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“XLI To convince Job of his wickedness, he is here challenged to subdue and tame the leviathan, ver. 1-10. A particular description of him. ver. 11-34. 1. Leviathan - Several particulars in the following description, agree far better with the crocodile, than the whale. It is highly probable, that this is the creature here spoken of. Cord - Canst thou take him with a hook and a line, as anglers take ordinary fishes. 2. Thorn - Or, with an iron hook, or instrument as sharp as a thorn; wherewith thou usest to carry little fishes. 3. …”
— John Wesley, Wesley's Notes on the Whole Bible, on Job 41:1–34 (Public Domain)
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