Job 41:9

9 There is no hope of defeating it; just seeing it overwhelms people.

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 stick darts all over its skin or fill its head with fishing spears?

8 If you put one hand on it, you will never forget the battle, and you will never do it again!

9 There is no hope of defeating it; just seeing it overwhelms people.

10 No one is brave enough to make it angry, so who would be able to stand up against me?

11 No one has ever given me anything that I must pay back, because everything under the sky belongs to me.