Job 41:9

9 Anyone who sees Leviathan loses courage and falls to the ground.

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.

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FOOTNOTES:

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

Job 41:9 In-Context

7 Can you fill his hide with fishing spears or pierce his head with a harpoon?

8 Touch him once and you'll never try it again; you'll never forget the fight!

9 Anyone who sees Leviathan loses courage and falls to the ground.

10 When he is aroused, he is fierce; no one would dare to stand before him.

11 Who can attack him and still be safe? No one in all the world can do it.