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He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary.

Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear.

He beholdeth all high things: he is a king over all the children of pride.|book=Job|chap=41|verses=34|version=KJV}}

He beholdeth all high things: he is a king over all the children of pride.|book=Job|chap=41|verses=1-34|version=KJV}}

==Interpretations of who could Leviathan represent==

===Whale===

Matthew Henry prefers the whale as candidate for Leviathan. <ref>https://www.biblestudytools.com/commentaries/matthew-henry-complete/job/41.html</ref>

===Crocodile===

The Revised Standard Version footnote identifies Leviathan as Crocodile. <ref>https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Job%2041%3A1&version=RSV</ref>

===Extinct animal identifications===

Young Earth Creationists suggest that sarcosuchus, mosasaurus, plesiosaurus, liopleurodon, and kronosaurus are possible candidates for Leviathan. <ref>https://creation.com/en/articles/behemoth-leviathan</ref> <ref>https://answersingenesis.org/dinosaurs/drawing-out-biblical-leviathan/</ref>

Some Old Earth creationists propose Leviathan as a dinosaur while rejecting human-dinosaur coexistence. They argue instead God used the extinct dinosaur as an example in His conversation with Job. <ref>https://www.oldearth.org/job4041a.htm</ref>

== References ==

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   He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary.
 Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear.
-  He beholdeth all high things: he is a king over all the children of pride.|book=Job|chap=41|verses=34|version=KJV}}
+  He beholdeth all high things: he is a king over all the children of pride.|book=Job|chap=41|verses=1-34|version=KJV}}
+==Interpretations of who could Leviathan represent==
+===Whale===
+Matthew Henry prefers the whale as candidate for Leviathan. <ref>https://www.biblestudytools.com/commentaries/matthew-henry-complete/job/41.html</ref>
+===Crocodile===
+The Revised Standard Version footnote identifies Leviathan as Crocodile.  <ref>https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Job%2041%3A1&version=RSV</ref>
+===Extinct animal identifications===
+Young Earth Creationists suggest that sarcosuchus, mosasaurus, plesiosaurus, liopleurodon, and kronosaurus are possible candidates for Leviathan. <ref>https://creation.com/en/articles/behemoth-leviathan</ref> <ref>https://answersingenesis.org/dinosaurs/drawing-out-biblical-leviathan/</ref>
+Some Old Earth creationists propose Leviathan as a dinosaur while rejecting human-dinosaur coexistence. They argue instead God used the extinct dinosaur as an example in His conversation with Job. <ref>https://www.oldearth.org/job4041a.htm</ref>
+== References ==