Job 41:9

9 "Look, any hope [of capturing him] is futile -one would fall prostrate at the very sight of him.

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 skin with darts or his head with fish-spears?

8 If you lay your hand on him, you won't forget the fight, and you'll never do it again!

9 "Look, any hope [of capturing him] is futile -one would fall prostrate at the very sight of him.

10 No one is fierce enough to rouse him, so who can stand up to me?

11 Who has given me anything and made me pay it back? Everything belongs to me under all of heaven.