Job 41:27

"If one attacks him with the sword, it can’t prevail; nor the spear, the dart, nor the pointed shaft."

Key Reflection

In Job 41:27, the verse highlights the impenetrable nature of Leviathan’s skin, symbolizing how formidable and resilient God's creation can be. This imagery suggests that even human weapons—metaphorically, the efforts of mankind—cannot prevail against the power and might of God or His creations, emphasizing divine sovereignty and the limitations of human strength in the face of the supernatural.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

He esteemeth iron as straw -He regards instruments made of iron and brass as if they were straw or rotten wood. That is, they make no impression on him. This will agree better with the crocodile than any other animal. So hard is his skin, that a musket-ball will not penetrate it; see numerous quotations proving the hardness of the skin of the crooodile, in Bochart.

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