Today's Favorite Verse: Job 41:1, 34

Today's Favorite Verse: Job 41:1, 34

"Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?

He beholdeth all high things: he is a king over all the children of pride."

What is a leviathan?

"Any great sea or land monster, such as the crocodile, either as an actual creature (Job 41:1) or as symbolic of a nation (Ps. 74:14); a large serpent (Isa. 27:1)."

(Bible Dictionary)

In Psalm the leviathan has multiple heads.

"Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness."

(Psalm 74:14)

In Isaiah the Lord slays it.

"In that day the Lord with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea."

(Isaiah 27:1)

"When Israel is restored, she “shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit” (Isaiah 27:6). That fruit is the gospel of peace (see v. 5–6). At the same time the Lord “shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, … and he shall slay the dragon” (v. 1). Both dragon and serpent are scriptural terms for Satan, the common enemy of God and all mankind (see Revelation 12:9). Thus, leviathan probably includes not only Satan personally but all who serve him. In other words, what Isaiah saw is the necessary destruction of Babylon, or the world, before Zion can be fully established. Here again, as in chapter 26, Isaiah is so taken with the joy of that future day that he couches his words in a hymn of praise."

(Old Testament Student Manual Kings-Malachi, "Prophecies of the Dispensation of the fullness of Times", 15-7)

If the leviathan is not only Satan but also those that serve him, it makes sense why in Job we are told he is king over all the children of pride. Pride is the downfall and enemy of every man. Pride is the one tool that can be used against the righteous and crack the armor of God around them. For Satan will tell them they are so righteous and that will go to their head. This is probably why the Lord mentions the leviathan and pride to Job. As righteous as Job was he was capable of falling due to pride.

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