Quotes about Leviathan
as a general lassitude overtakes the sated Turk; then a love of ease and virtue supplants the love for maidens; our Ottoman enters upon the impotent, repentant, admonitory stage of life, forswears, disbands the harem, and grown to an exemplary, sulky old soul, goes about all alone among the meridians and parallels saying his prayers, and warning each young Leviathan from his amorous errors.
— Herman Melville
Can you pet him like a bird or put him on a leash for your maidens?
— Job 41:5
No one is so fierce as to rouse Leviathan. Then who is able to stand against Me?
— Job 41:10
Can you put a cord through his nose or pierce his jaw with a hook?
— Job 41:2
When Leviathan rises up, the mighty are terrified; they withdraw before his thrashing.
— Job 41:25
There the ships pass, and Leviathan, which You formed to frolic there.
— Psalm 104:26
Leviathan that crooked serpent… the dragon that is in the sea.
— Anonymous
In that day the LORD will take His sharp, great, and mighty sword, and bring judgment on Leviathan the fleeing serpent—Leviathan the coiling serpent—and He will slay the dragon of the sea.
— Isaiah 27:1
“Can you pull in Leviathan with a hook or tie down his tongue with a rope?
— Job 41:1
He leaves a glistening wake behind him; one would think the deep had white hair!
— Job 41:32
You crushed the heads of Leviathan; You fed him to the creatures of the desert.
— Psalm 74:14
May it be cursed by those who curse the day—those prepared to rouse Leviathan.
— Job 3:8