Job 41:15

"Who can open the doors of his face? Around his teeth is terror."

Key Reflection

In Job 41:15, the verse suggests that the creature's mouth is both fearsome and sealed shut—symbolizing a powerful force that cannot be easily approached or understood, reflecting themes of divine might and mystery. This imagery foreshadows God’s sovereignty and the limitations of human comprehension in the face of the divine.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

His scales are his pride -Margin, “strong pieces of shields.” The literal translation of this would be, “Pride, the strong of shields;” that is, the strong shields. There can be no doubt that there is reference to the scales of the animal, as having a resemblance to strong shields laid close to each other. But there is considerable variety of opinion as to its meaning. Umbreit and Prof. Lee take the word here rendered “pride” (גאוהgê'voh) to be the same as (גוהgêvâh), “back,” and then the meaning would be that his back was armed as with a shield - referring, as Prof. Lee supposes, to the dorsal fin of the whale.

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