Job 41:9

9 ^[a] Any hope of [capturing] him proves false. Does a person not collapse 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 hide with harpoons or his head with fishing spears?

8 Lay a hand on him. You will remember the battle and never repeat it!

9 Any hope of [capturing] him proves false. Does a person not collapse at the very sight of him?

10 No one is ferocious [enough] to rouse Leviathan; who then can stand against Me?

11 Who confronted Me, that I should repay him? Everything under heaven belongs to Me.

Footnotes

• [a] Jb 41:1 in Hb