Job 41:5

"Will he make a covenant with you, that you should take him for a servant forever?"

Key Reflection

In Job 41:5, the question posed challenges the notion of submitting to a mighty and fearsome creature like Leviathan as a perpetual servant, symbolically highlighting the absurdity of such an arrangement. This verse hints at the covenantal relationship between God and humanity, where God offers a far more profound and life-transforming service than any earthly master could demand.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? -A bird that is tamed. The art of taming birds was doubtless early practiced, and they were kept for amusement. But the leviathan could not thus be tamed. Or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens? -For their amusement. For such purposes doubtless, birds were caught and caged. There is great force in this question, on the supposition that the crocodile is intended. Nothing could be more incongruous than the idea of securing so rough and unsightly a monster for the amusement of tender and delicate females.

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