Job 41:9

9 Such hopes would be delusional; surely the sight of him makes one stumble.

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 darts, his head with a fishing spear?

8 Should you lay your hand on him, you would never remember the battle.

9 Such hopes would be delusional; surely the sight of him makes one stumble.

10 Nobody is fierce enough to rouse him; who then can stand before me?

11 Who opposes me that I must repay? Everything under heaven is mine.

Footnotes

• [a] Or his hopes