Job 41:10

10 No hay quien se atreva siquiera a provocarlo;¿quién, pues, podría hacerle frente?

Job 41:10 Meaning and Commentary

Job 41:10

None [is so] fierce that dare stir him up
This seems best to agree with the crocodile, who frequently lies down and sleeps on the ground F17, and in the water by night F18; see ( Ezekiel 29:3 ) ; when it is very dangerous to arouse him; and few, if any so daring, have courage enough to do it: though whales have been seen lying near shore asleep, and looked like rocks, even forty of them together F19;

who then is able to stand before me?
This is the inference the Lord draws from hence, or the use he makes of it; that if this creature is so formidable and terrible, that it is dangerous to arouse and provoke him, and there is no standing before him or against him; then how should anyone be able to stand before the Lord, who made this creature, whenever he is angry? see ( Psalms 76:7 ) .


FOOTNOTES:

F17 Plin. l. 8. c. 25. Solin. c. 45.
F18 Ammian. Marcellin. l. 22.
F19 See the North-West Fox, p. 205.

Job 41:10 In-Context

8 Si llegas a ponerle la mano encima,¡jamás te olvidarás de esa batalla,y no querrás repetir la experiencia!
9 Vana es la pretensión de llegar a someterlo;basta con verlo para desmayarse.
10 No hay quien se atreva siquiera a provocarlo;¿quién, pues, podría hacerle frente?
11 ¿Y quién tiene alguna cuenta que cobrarme?¡Mío es todo cuanto hay bajo los cielos!
12 »No puedo dejar de mencionar sus extremidades,su fuerza y su elegante apariencia.
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