Yuēbó 41:9

9 Rén zhǐwang zhuōná tā shì túrán de . yī jiàn tā , qǐbù sāng dǎn ma .

Yuēbó 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.

Yuēbó 41:9 In-Context

7 Nǐ néng yòng dǎo gōu qiāng zhá mǎn tā de pí , néng yòng yú chā cHāmǎn tā de tóu ma .

8 Nǐ àn shǒu zaì tā shēnshang , xiǎng yǔ tā zhēng zhàn , jiù bú zaì zhèyàng xíng ba .

9 Rén zhǐwang zhuōná tā shì túrán de . yī jiàn tā , qǐbù sāng dǎn ma .

10 Méiyǒu nàme xiōngmĕng de rén gǎn rĕ tā . zhèyàng , shuí néng zaì wǒ miànqián shān lì dé zhù ne .

11 Shuí xiān gĕi wǒ shénme , shǐ wǒ chánghuán ne . tiān xià wànwù dōu shì wǒde .