Job 41:9

9 Any hope of capturing it will be disappointed; were not even the gods overwhelmed at the sight of it?

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 its skin with harpoons, or its head with fishing spears?

8 Lay hands on it; think of the battle; you will not do it again!

9 Any hope of capturing it will be disappointed; were not even the gods overwhelmed at the sight of it?

10 No one is so fierce as to dare to stir it up. Who can stand before it?

11 Who can confront it and be safe? —under the whole heaven, who?

Footnotes

• [a]. Ch 41.1 in Heb
• [b]. Heb [of it]
• [c]. Cn Compare Symmachus Syr: Heb [one is]