Job 41:9

9 He aquí, falsa es tu esperanza; con sólo verlo serás derribado.

Job 41:9 Meaning and Commentary

Job 41:9

Behold, the hope of him is in vain
Of getting the mastery over him, or of taking him; and yet both crocodiles and whales have been taken; nor is the taking of them to be despaired of; but it seems the "orca", or the whale with many teeth, has never been taken and killed F15;

shall not [one] be cast down even at the sight of him?
the sight of a whale is terrible to mariners, lest their ships should be overturned by it; and some have been so frightened at the sight of a crocodile as to lose their senses: and we read of one that was greatly terrified at seeing the shadow of one; and the creature before mentioned is supposed to be much more terrible F16.


FOOTNOTES:

F15 Vid. Scheuchzer. Physic. Sacr. vol. 4. p. 846.
F16 Scheuchzer. ib.

Job 41:9 In-Context

7 ¿Podrás llenar su piel de arpones, o de lanzas de pescar su cabeza?
8 Pon tu mano sobre él; te acordarás de la batalla y no lo volverás a hacer.
9 He aquí, falsa es tu esperanza; con sólo verlo serás derribado.
10 Nadie hay tan audaz que lo despierte; ¿quién, pues, podrá estar delante de mí?
11 ¿Quién me ha dado algo para que yo se lo restituya? Cuanto existe debajo de todo el cielo es mío.
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