Leviathan
The description of leviathan in the Book of Job is a depiction of the fallen cherub, incorporating three separate depictions of various creatures; the whale, the ox, and the dragon:
Job Chapter 41, (King James Version)
1 Canst thou draw out leviathan with a hook? Or his tongue with a cord which thou lets down?
2 Canst thou put a hook into his nose? Or bore his jaw through with a thorn?
- Descriptions of an aquatic animal, a mighty fish or a great whale.
3 Will he make supplications to thee? Will he speak soft words unto thee?
- Not a meek creature, but a fierce one.
4 Will he make a covenant with thee? Wilt thou take him for a servant for ever?
- Do you pledge yourself to this fierce creature, with an eternally binding covenant?
5 Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? Or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?
- Is leviathan a plaything like a bird, a restrained toy, suitable for young women to play with?
6 Shall the companions make a banquet of him? Shall they part him among the merchants?
7 Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears?
- Leviathan is likened again to a great fish.
8 Lay your hand upon him, remember the battle, and do no more.
9 Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?
10 None is so fierce that dare stir him up: who is then able to stand before me?
- There is a struggle with the fierce leviathan, he is not to be stirred up, and none should place their hope in him.
11 Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? Whosoever is under the whole heaven is mine.
- All men are accountable to God.
12 I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion.
- The leviathans comely physique will be revealed, as also his strength and power, all will be revealed by the LORD, in good time.
13 Who can discover the face of his garment? Or who can come to him with his double bridal?
- Who can discover leviathans appearance? Or who dares to approach him with a double ox bridal- leviathan is being likened to a fierce ox-team.
14 Who can open the doors of his face? His teeth are terrible round about.
- The leviathans appearance is like that of a crab or a spider, with doors which open and shut. Leviathan has fierce teeth all around inside his mandibles. Although these are somewhat hideous features to us, the leviathan is also described as being comely- pleasant to look at.
15 His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.
16 One is so near to another that no air can come between them
17 They are joined one to another; they stick together, that they cannot be sundered.
- Leviathan has reticulated skin, which is his pride; leviathan is here depicted as an aquatic serpent.
18 by his sneezing, a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the dawn.
- here, the leviathan is being compared to a fire-breathing dragon; his eyes open to the dawn of creation; the anointed cherub was the serpent of the dawn, and the colour of his eyes are as the dawn also; yellow.
Verses 19- 30 describe the leviathan as a great dragon, whereby men fight feebly against him- a depiction of a real extinct reptilian beast.
32 he makes a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary.
- he leaves a shining wake after him, one would think the deep to be of great age; a depiction of grey or white hair, associated with the beast.
33 Upon the earth there is not his like, who is made without fear.
34 he beholds all high things: he is the king over all the children of pride.
The leviathan looks upon the high places, a fearful creature with his eyes fixed towards heaven; the ruler of the proud young ones upon the earth. The leviathan was pride first, and his followers are also proud.
Leviathan is a symbolic-description of the fallen, once-anointed cherub, using analogies of the whale, and a team of fierce oxen, and a great fire-breathing dragon.
The description of leviathan in the Book of Job is a depiction of the fallen cherub, incorporating three separate depictions of various creatures; the whale, the ox, and the dragon:
Job Chapter 41, (King James Version)
1 Canst thou draw out leviathan with a hook? Or his tongue with a cord which thou lets down?
2 Canst thou put a hook into his nose? Or bore his jaw through with a thorn?
- Descriptions of an aquatic animal, a mighty fish or a great whale.
3 Will he make supplications to thee? Will he speak soft words unto thee?
- Not a meek creature, but a fierce one.
4 Will he make a covenant with thee? Wilt thou take him for a servant for ever?
- Do you pledge yourself to this fierce creature, with an eternally binding covenant?
5 Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? Or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?
- Is leviathan a plaything like a bird, a restrained toy, suitable for young women to play with?
6 Shall the companions make a banquet of him? Shall they part him among the merchants?
7 Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears?
- Leviathan is likened again to a great fish.
8 Lay your hand upon him, remember the battle, and do no more.
9 Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?
10 None is so fierce that dare stir him up: who is then able to stand before me?
- There is a struggle with the fierce leviathan, he is not to be stirred up, and none should place their hope in him.
11 Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? Whosoever is under the whole heaven is mine.
- All men are accountable to God.
12 I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion.
- The leviathans comely physique will be revealed, as also his strength and power, all will be revealed by the LORD, in good time.
13 Who can discover the face of his garment? Or who can come to him with his double bridal?
- Who can discover leviathans appearance? Or who dares to approach him with a double ox bridal- leviathan is being likened to a fierce ox-team.
14 Who can open the doors of his face? His teeth are terrible round about.
- The leviathans appearance is like that of a crab or a spider, with doors which open and shut. Leviathan has fierce teeth all around inside his mandibles. Although these are somewhat hideous features to us, the leviathan is also described as being comely- pleasant to look at.
15 His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.
16 One is so near to another that no air can come between them
17 They are joined one to another; they stick together, that they cannot be sundered.
- Leviathan has reticulated skin, which is his pride; leviathan is here depicted as an aquatic serpent.
18 by his sneezing, a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the dawn.
- here, the leviathan is being compared to a fire-breathing dragon; his eyes open to the dawn of creation; the anointed cherub was the serpent of the dawn, and the colour of his eyes are as the dawn also; yellow.
Verses 19- 30 describe the leviathan as a great dragon, whereby men fight feebly against him- a depiction of a real extinct reptilian beast.
32 he makes a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary.
- he leaves a shining wake after him, one would think the deep to be of great age; a depiction of grey or white hair, associated with the beast.
33 Upon the earth there is not his like, who is made without fear.
34 he beholds all high things: he is the king over all the children of pride.
The leviathan looks upon the high places, a fearful creature with his eyes fixed towards heaven; the ruler of the proud young ones upon the earth. The leviathan was pride first, and his followers are also proud.
Leviathan is a symbolic-description of the fallen, once-anointed cherub, using analogies of the whale, and a team of fierce oxen, and a great fire-breathing dragon.
