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Leviathan

Please find below the Watchtower’s literal interpretation of Job 40:15 to 41:34

Reference Bible Job 40:15 to 41:34

15 Here, now, is Be·he'moth that I have made as well as you.
Green grass it eats just as a bull does.

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41 "Can you draw out Le·vi'a·than with a fishhook,
Or with a rope can you hold down its tongue?

2 Can you put a rush in its nostrils,
Or with a thorn can you bore its jaws?

3 Will it make many entreaties to you,
Or will it say soft words to you?

4 Will it conclude a covenant with you,
That you may take it as a slave to time indefinite?

5 Will you play with it as with a bird,
Or will you tie it for your young girls?

6 Will partners barter for it?
Will they divide it up among tradesmen?

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 The Finished Mystery, 1926 edition, p 85

[Explanation: Here "leviathan" is interpreted as a train locomotive, Biblical reference to Leviathan in Job 40:15 to 41:34 is fulfilled by the arrival of the Locomotive Engine - brackets all in original. TFIM was described by the Watchtower as a "a powerful commentary on Revelation]

Thou wilt lengthen out leviathan (the locomotive) with a hook (automatic coupler) or with a snare (coupling-link) to drop down. Wilt thou not place a ring (piston) in his nostrils (cylinders) or pierce through his cheeks (piston-ends) with a staff (piston rod)? Will he make repeated supplications unto thee (to get off the track)? Or will he utter soft tones unto thee (when he screeches with the whistle)? […] Wilt thou play with him as with a bird (make him whistle at will)? Or wilt thou bind (enslave) him for thy maidens (so that you can take them to a picnic or convention)? Companies (of stockholders) will feast upon him (his earnings)…

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