Job 41:9

9 Vana es la pretensión de llegar a someterlo;basta con verlo para desmayarse.^[a]

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 ¿Puedes atravesarle la piel con lanzas,o la cabeza con arpones?

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!

Footnotes

• [a] "basta con " "… " "para desmayarse" . Alt. "¡hasta un dios se desmayó al verlo!"