5 Bible Verses about Leviathan

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Psalm 104:26

There the ships move about,
and Leviathan, which You formed to play there.

Job 41:1-34

Can you pull in Leviathan with a hook
or tie his tongue down 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 softly to you?
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Will he make a covenant with you
so that you can take him as a slave forever?
Can you play with him like a bird
or put him on a leash for your girls?
Will traders bargain for him
or divide him among the merchants?
Can you fill his hide with harpoons
or his head with fishing spears?
Lay a hand on him.
You will remember the battle
and never repeat it!
Any hope of capturing him proves false.
Does a person not collapse at the very sight of him?
No one is ferocious enough to rouse Leviathan;
who then can stand against Me?
Who confronted Me, that I should repay him?
Everything under heaven belongs to Me. I cannot be silent about his limbs,
his power, and his graceful proportions.
Who can strip off his outer covering?
Who can penetrate his double layer of armor?
Who can open his jaws,
surrounded by those terrifying teeth?
His pride is in his rows of scales,
closely sealed together.
One scale is so close to another
that no air can pass between them.
They are joined to one another,
so closely connected they cannot be separated.
His snorting flashes with light,
while his eyes are like the rays of dawn.
Flaming torches shoot from his mouth;
fiery sparks fly out!
Smoke billows from his nostrils
as from a boiling pot or burning reeds.
His breath sets coals ablaze,
and flames pour out of his mouth.
Strength resides in his neck,
and dismay dances before him.
The folds of his flesh are joined together,
solid as metal and immovable.
His heart is as hard as a rock,
as hard as a lower millstone!
When Leviathan rises, the mighty are terrified;
they withdraw because of his thrashing.
The sword that reaches him will have no effect,
nor will a spear, dart, or arrow.
He regards iron as straw,
and bronze as rotten wood.
No arrow can make him flee;
slingstones become like stubble to him.
A club is regarded as stubble,
and he laughs at the sound of a javelin.
His undersides are jagged potsherds,
spreading the mud like a threshing sledge.
He makes the depths seethe like a cauldron;
he makes the sea like an ointment jar.
He leaves a shining wake behind him;
one would think the deep had gray hair!
He has no equal on earth—
a creature devoid of fear!
He surveys everything that is haughty;
he is king over all the proud beasts.

Psalm 74:14

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

Isaiah 27:1

On that day the Lord with His harsh, great, and strong sword, will bring judgment on Leviathan, the fleeing serpent—Leviathan, the twisting serpent. He will slay the monster that is in the sea.

Job 3:8

Let those who curse certain days
cast a spell on it,
those who are skilled in rousing Leviathan.

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Fishes » Mentioned in scripture » Leviathan

Job 41:1

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

Psalm 74:14

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

Leviathan » The lord destroying the leviathan

Isaiah 27:1

On that day the Lord with His harsh, great, and strong sword, will bring judgment on Leviathan, the fleeing serpent—Leviathan, the twisting serpent. He will slay the monster that is in the sea.

Psalm 74:12-14

God my king is from ancient times, performing saving acts on the earth. You divided the sea with Your strength; You smashed the heads of the sea monsters in the waters; You crushed the heads of Leviathan; You fed him to the creatures of the desert.

Leviathan » Possibly a crocodile

Psalm 104:26

There the ships move about,
and Leviathan, which You formed to play there.

Leviathan » Created by God

Psalm 104:26

There the ships move about,
and Leviathan, which You formed to play there.

Leviathan » Illustrative of » Powerful and cruel kings

Isaiah 27:1

On that day the Lord with His harsh, great, and strong sword, will bring judgment on Leviathan, the fleeing serpent—Leviathan, the twisting serpent. He will slay the monster that is in the sea.

Leviathan » God's power, exhibited in destroying

Psalm 74:14

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

Leviathan » Illustrative of » Power and severity of God

Job 41:10

No one is ferocious enough to rouse Leviathan;
who then can stand against Me?

Leviathan » The crooked (rv) serpent.

Isaiah 27:1

On that day the Lord with His harsh, great, and strong sword, will bring judgment on Leviathan, the fleeing serpent—Leviathan, the twisting serpent. He will slay the monster that is in the sea.

Leviathan » Figurative

Psalm 74:14

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

Leviathan » Nature and habits of

Titles and names of the devil » Leviathan

Isaiah 27:1

On that day the Lord with His harsh, great, and strong sword, will bring judgment on Leviathan, the fleeing serpent—Leviathan, the twisting serpent. He will slay the monster that is in the sea.

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