Job 41:13 Meaning and Explanation
“Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can come to him with his double bridle?”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →God asks who could strip off leviathan's outer covering or get close enough to fit a bridle on him.
What Does Job 41:13 Mean?
The creature is pictured as clothed in its own armor, a garment no one can peel back, its jaws a double bridle no hand can buckle. To approach so near is beyond any man's daring.
The verse continues the theme of unreachable power, deepening Job's sense of his own limits. What cannot be approached cannot be controlled, and yet it is fully known to its Maker. The God who sees beneath the armor of leviathan sees also beneath our defenses, and to be wholly known by such a God, and still held, is the soul's deepest security.
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What does Job 41:13 mean?
God asks who could strip off leviathan's outer covering or get close enough to fit a bridle on him.